PAYE workers will be able to register for the service through the Government’s Reach eCitizen initiative in the second half of this year, siliconrepublic.com has learned. To register, citizens will need their PPS number and will be issued with a PAYE PIN.
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The Industrial Development Agency (IDA) was voted overall e-government winner ahead of 28 finalists across nine categories, and also won the best state body Irish e-government award for its website.
A great deal of ink and airtime have already been devoted to the Health Service Executive's Personnel, Payroll and Related Systems (PPARs) project, which cost the taxpayer somewhere between EUR130 million and EUR195 million (depending on who you ask), compared to the EUR9 million budgeted for the project. More recently, it was revealed that the Health Service Executive had in 2005 spent EUR56.4 million more than was originally thought. It's also true that the dust has not yet settled on either matter; the Department of Health and all of the agencies under its remit will now face intense scrutiny when it comes to all new projects, especially IT projects.
Prizes in eight categories were presented by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in Dublin before an invited audience of nearly 250 guests. The contest, now in its second year, recognises excellence and creativity in technology initiatives in the public sector.