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A new report claims that the Government could save up to €20m a year by implementing mobile services and improving productivity within the public sector.

The study, compiled by the analyst firm iReach on behalf of O2, claims that mobile services represent an opportunity for greater application of e-government than traditional computer-based technologies.

Read more: Ireland: Report urges greater mobile adoption in public sector

Anyone who has used Google Earth will have been mightily impressed by the browser-based technology that allows you to choose virtually any point on Earth and then zoom into a particular country, city and even street in just a few seconds. The same principle lies behind a new government-to-business (G2B) service from Land Registry — Landdirect.ie — which is due to go live on 28 April.

By visiting Landdirect.ie, professional users such as banks, solicitors, estate agents, local authorities and government departments will be able to pick out virtually any town or village in the land, visualise a particular property-holding online and then click on it to find out who actually owns it. Currently about 85pc of property in the public is registered and this will show up on the system.

Read more: Ireland: Mapping the land

Irish companies are being asked to participate in a new EU-funded €4.5m research project aimed at using e-government to slash administrative red tape encountered during the export process.

Researchers from UCD Smurfit School of Business have been awarded €450,000 to study how e-government practices and systems can improve the way tax and customs information is exchanged between business and public administrations.

Read more: Ireland: E-gov research to reduce red tape

The Irish government could save as much as EUR20 million a year by increasing its use of mobile technologies, a new report claims.

The study, "Mobile Communications in the Irish Public Sector", was carried out by iReach on behalf of the mobile operator O2 Ireland.

Read more: Ireland: M-government could yield EUR20m in savings

The Revenue Commissioner’s Revenue Online Service (ROS) is set to deploy its first range of PAYE services later this year, enabling Ireland’s 2.2 million PAYE workers to check their records and amend tax credits over the internet, among other things.

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.

Read more: Ireland: PAYE tax services to go online this year

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