Proposal to filter emails to TDs

IRELAND
Irish Examiner

By Juno McEnroe, Political Reporter

Monday, February 13, 2012

Proposals to filter emails sent to TDs and prevent “waste” from clogging up mailboxes are being considered following a recent avalanche of complaints.

An overhaul of email systems for members was discussed behind closed doors in recent weeks by an Oireachtas committee charged with recommending changes and savings for Leinster House.

Several TDs told the Irish Examiner they have received hundreds of complaints by email, sometimes in one day, with proposed online copyright laws, septic tanks, the Vatican and Anglo Irish Bank among issues which have clogged up systems.

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