A new survey by iQ Content reveals that, while the Irish eGovernment program has made progress, significant implementation problems are being experienced by the majority of public sector agencies. Based on interviews with public sector eGovernment professionals, the iQ Content survey reveals that Ireland's eGovernment program remains largely on track.
Read more: Ireland: Content a Key Barrier to Effective eGovernment Implementation
The Irish government has named five trial programmes that will receive funding to deliver wireless broadband Internet access across the country.
A lack of strategic direction and human resources, allied to problems creating and managing content, are undermining Ireland's e-Government initiative.
A service that allows users to pay for car parking with a mobile phone using any parking ticket machine in 45 Dublin streets has been launched by the city's council with software firm ItsMobile.
Read more: IRELAND: DUBLIN MOBILE PARKING PAYMENT TRIAL A SUCCESS
A report on the state of e-government in Ireland has concluded that public bodies suffer from a lack of direction and staff when it comes to their Web presence.