Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
1313. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the last time his Department's website was revamped or remodelled; the cost of same; if he or his Department officials have been consulted regarding creating one stand-alone online government portal website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46012/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department’s website, www.housing.gov.ie, was redesigned and relaunched on 22 February 2016. The costs incurred are as follows:
|
Description |
Cost (incl. VAT) |
|
Website redevelopment |
€56,427.00 |
|
Hosting (2016/2017) |
€7694.88 |
|
Hosting (2017/2018) |
€7694.88 |
|
Support/Maintenance |
€14,034.81 |
|
Total |
€85,851.57 |
Expenditure under the heading of 'Support/Maintenance' includes additional costs arising from the restructuring of my Department on two occasions since the new website was introduced necessitating the extraction of several suites of information from the website.
As part of the Government's eGovernment strategy 2017- 2020, I understand that the Office of the Chief Information Officer has been working on the development of a Digital Service Gateway - a single digital point where citizens can easily access information about the Government services that are available to them. This work, which began at beginning of this year is ongoing and will involve the rationalisation of existing Government websites and online services over time.
