Comments on: Politics and the Internet - A tangled web? http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0321/politics-and-the-internet-a-tangled-web/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tom http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0321/politics-and-the-internet-a-tangled-web/#comment-4904 Tom Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:52:44 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0321/politics-and-the-internet-a-tangled-web/#comment-4904 Part of the problem is that there so many fiefdoms in government, that creating an intergrated system would be a mamoth task. I think Eddie Hobbes said in his show last year that it is impossible to buy an integrated ticket to get from Cork train station to Dublin airport. There is the train ticket, the Luas, Dublin Bus, the Dart, all with separate systems and seemingly unable to integrate. That is just a small example. PPARS for teh health system, designed to streamline the wage and head count issues (i.e: they don't know how many people actually work in the department and hospitals) for the health service, was a disaster. Some sites are well done, not having to queue for an hour at the motor tax office is great, but I'm with Damien on this one. To paraphrase, a small bit done, loads more to do. Part of the problem is that there so many fiefdoms in government, that creating an intergrated system would be a mamoth task. I think Eddie Hobbes said in his show last year that it is impossible to buy an integrated ticket to get from Cork train station to Dublin airport. There is the train ticket, the Luas, Dublin Bus, the Dart, all with separate systems and seemingly unable to integrate.

That is just a small example. PPARS for teh health system, designed to streamline the wage and head count issues (i.e: they don’t know how many people actually work in the department and hospitals) for the health service, was a disaster. Some sites are well done, not having to queue for an hour at the motor tax office is great, but I’m with Damien on this one. To paraphrase, a small bit done, loads more to do.

]]> By: Damien Mulley http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0321/politics-and-the-internet-a-tangled-web/#comment-4285 Damien Mulley Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:04:03 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2006/0321/politics-and-the-internet-a-tangled-web/#comment-4285 Well done on an excellent written piece Piaras. Worthy of the Times itself. I'd slightly disagree on the e-government piece though. There have been notable successes such as the Motortax site and revenue site but look at how many Government services there are and in comparison how few are online. The motortax site was done well and they should be proud of it but every service should be like that and it should have been built 5 years ago. Best example of how to get it right is Estonia where you can even buy a local bus ticket online when you check the timetable and the ticket is texted to your phone. Well done on an excellent written piece Piaras. Worthy of the Times itself. I’d slightly disagree on the e-government piece though. There have been notable successes such as the Motortax site and revenue site but look at how many Government services there are and in comparison how few are online. The motortax site was done well and they should be proud of it but every service should be like that and it should have been built 5 years ago. Best example of how to get it right is Estonia where you can even buy a local bus ticket online when you check the timetable and the ticket is texted to your phone.

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