03.05.2008

Online licensing back on the agenda

Online licensing of haulage companies, shelved earlier this year, because of technical difficulties, could be back on the agenda, after the Government accepted a Fine Gael private members' motion dealing with the expansion of e-government. Fine Gael Spokesman Simon Coveney said that the commitments made in the motion represented a major development, especially in the light of the "waste and underachievement" which had characterised the Government's management of past Government strategies.

Coveney said the commitments included the provision of a secure online ID and payments system as a basis on which Government departments could deliver a whole series of e-government services.



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