HC Deb 23 June 1999 vol 333 cc388-90W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when and for what reasons, officials responsible for the internet public service website for press releases were authorised to include information provided by the Police Federation for Northern Ireland in an equivalent position to that of the Police Authority and the RUC. [87483]

Mr. Paul Murphy

[holding answer 21 June 1999]The inclusion of information provided by the Police Authority and RUC was a mistake. This was done by a technical grade at 11.30am on 8 June 1999 in response to an urgent request from the Police Federation and was done in good faith. The situation was rectified at 2.00pm on 16 June 1999.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list those non-Governmental organisations which are itemised with links on the public service Internet web site. [87487]

Mr. Paul Murphy

[holding answer 21 June 1999]The Northern Ireland Public Service website was developed with the intention of providing the public with a mechanism for quickly accessing information relating to the Northern Ireland Office, Departments, Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, other public bodies and Commissions. In encouraging the public to access the site, the website also provides links to a wide range of non-governmental organisations, as follows:

Educational establishments

  • Queen's University Belfast
  • NUS/USI Northern Ireland Student Centre
  • University of Ulster
  • Stran Web—Stranmillis College www
  • St. Mary's College
  • Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education

Education and Library Boards

  • North Eastern Education and Library Board

Media

Newspapers

  • Irish News—daily editions
  • Belfast Telegraph—daily editions
  • Andersonstown News and North Belfast News

Television

  • BBC 1 and 2—BBC Northern Ireland BBC
  • UTV—Ulster Television
  • Channel 4—UK-wide broadcasting

Radio

  • BBC Radio
  • COOL FM—covers the greater Belfast area
  • Downtown Radio—covers the greater Belfast area
  • Q102 FM, based in Derry, covers the Deny area

Political Parties

  • Alliance Party
  • Conservative Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
  • Labour
  • Natural Law Party
  • Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
  • Sinn Fein (SF)
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
    • 389
  • Ulster Democratic Party
  • UK Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Women's Coalition
  • Workers Party of Ireland(WP)
  • Northern Ireland Green Party

Tourism

  • Ireland's National Tourism Service
  • Northern Ireland Tourist Board
  • Hotels

Transport

  • Rail
    • NIR
  • Airports
    • Belfast International Airport
  • Ports
    • Port of Larne
  • Ferries
    • SeaCat
    • P&O
    • Stena Line
    • Norse Irish Ferries

Utilities

  • Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE)
  • British Telecom
  • CabelTel
  • Mercury Communications

Community Groups

  • CINNI—Community Information Network Northern Ireland

Economic Development

  • Northern Ireland Grown Challenge (NIGC)
  • Northern Ireland Economic Council (NIEC)
  • Enterprise Ulster

Other Government Sites

  • Northern Ireland Local Councils
  • Antrim Borough Council
  • Ards Borough Council
  • Castlereagh Borough Council
  • Derry City Council
  • Larne Borough Council
  • Moyle District Council
  • North Down Borough Council
  • Strabane District Council

Miscellaneous Government Related Topics

  • The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department
  • HPSS—Health and Personal Social Services
  • The Drive for Energy Efficiency
  • Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation
  • Committee

Other Internet Service Providers

  • GPL www Server
  • Unite Solutions www Server
  • NIWEB www
  • Northern Ireland Global Gateway
    • 390
  • BIC Systems
  • TRIP
  • BTNET
  • Ireland On-line
  • CompuServe
  • Unipalm pipex
  • Digital Equipment Co. Ltd.
  • Nova Internet
  • CMI Ltd.
  • Rexco's Irish Trade Page
  • Aaranet
  • The American Ireland Fund
  • Direct Net @ccess
  • Creative Online Media Ltd.
  • Infosite
  • The Internet Business
  • PM workshop
  • The Trinity Group Ltd.
  • The Solutions Group
  • Belfast ISP—WydeWorld.Com

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who has responsibility to(a) define the political parameters of, (b) set goals and targets for and (c) maintain and update the Government internet website. [87486]

Mr. Paul Murphy

[holding answer 21 June 1999]Material appearing on the Northern Ireland public service website is the sole responsibility of the originating organisation (Northern Ireland Office, departments, agencies, non-departmental public bodies, other public bodies and commissions) as is the responsibility for setting parameters, goals and targets. The Business Development Service (BDS) provide a technical maintenance service including the design and update of information provided by the originating organisations. BDS is currently reviewing the management and editorial responsibilities associated with the Northern Ireland Public Service website.