Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 December 2007
106 Deputy Damien English asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he uses video conferencing technology in order to reduce the amount of travel taken to attend meetings; if his Department has video conferencing facilities available to staff in each departmental building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32664/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has deployed two levels of videoconferencing facilities which allows personnel in different buildings to interact via video and audio conferencing simultaneously. The system can facilitate communication between two people in private offices (point-to-point) or can involve several sites (multi-point) with more than one person in each meeting room or conference room.
At present the videoconferencing point-to-point solution is available to personnel in each Departmental building. The multi-point solution is deployed in several of the Department's buildings in Dublin and in the Department's offices in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
The system is used on a regular basis to conduct person to person and group meetings across the Department.
