And the report of Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) John Purcell also disclosed that 23 of the 141 flagship projects to provide Government services online were abandoned and that a further 44 were only partly implemented by mid-2006.
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A new computer system designed to integrate public services has cost the exchequer a massive €37m despite being originally budgeted at just €14m. Its annual running costs have soared to a further €15m a year.
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In a report on eGovernment, the provision of public services over the internet, John Purcell said services such as Motor Tax and the Revenue Online Service had been successful.
The portal was to have been a single online point of access for health information and health service transactions, with the address www.HealthIreland.ie.
It was initially planned that a phased development of the portal would be necessary, with progressive widening of the range of services made available online.
The council says its aim is to deliver efficient management of citizen contact systems and to offer a far greater number of virtual contact points where citizens of Fingal can access services and information.
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