Government fails on internet targets

ALMOST half the projects in an ambitious government plan to provide public services over the internet have not been completed.

Cost overruns on projects for which budgets were available have reached €45m, with the average project proving 20% more expensive than anticipated.

The Government had hoped that citizens would be able to click onto the internet and apply online for passports, driving licences and housing grants, but these are among the projects that have yet to be implemented.