Dáil staff accessing pornography websites while at work

Members of staff working at the Dáil and the Seanad are accessing sites that contain pornographic content while they are at work, according to the Sunday Independent.

While the report does not go into detail as to which staff members are using their work computers for accessing 'blocked' websites, it is revealed that pornographic, gambling and dating websites have all been logged on to.

Raunchy websites such as Ksexdolls.com, hotornot.com and partyline.ie are among the 2,280 inappropriate websites that have been accessed during the last four months at the houses of parliament. Gambling websites Paddy Power, William Hill and Sky Bet were among the betting websites logged onto also.

There were no details released as to the number of staff that have been reprimanded over their online activities as it would be considered as leaking personal information. Authorities have tried to monitor and control the online activities of staff members, but it has only been partially successful.