Mock-upA design concept by Telpe AI: what an Irish "one front door" for public services could look like, in the style of America.gov. Not a government website. Nothing here is real or works. What is this?
Ireland.govconcept

Hello, Ireland.

Whatever you need from the State, start here.

Share only what’s needed. The concept may use your approximate location to find the nearest office. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere: the answers are scripted examples.

Forty shades of green: fields near Clonakilty, from above. The real site would use a photograph; the illustration stands in.

Answers from official sources only free, no ads, and private by design.

Revenue, Social Protection, the HSE, the Passport Service, the NDLS, Citizens Information, the Road Safety Authority, every local authority. One question box in front of all of them.

What it would feel like · concept screens

Passport renewal

Application PA-2026-184 · adult, 10-year

Submitted
Processing
Printed
Posted

Submitted Tuesday. Usual turnaround for an online renewal shown as a range, not a promise. Example data.

Name change after marriage

One form, four bodies updated

  • ✓Passport Servicedone
  • ✓Revenue · myAccountdone
  • NDLS · driving licenceneeds a photo
  • Public Services Cardappointment

Each body still owns its record; the concept just asks once. Example data.

I’ve moved house

Six updates from one address

  • ✓Register of Electorsdone
  • ✓Motor taxdone
  • ✓Revenuedone
  • An Post redirectionpaid service
  • TV licencepending
  • GP and medical cardpending

Example data.

An answer, with its sources

How the concept replies

You can apply for a learner permit online once you have a Public Services Card and a verified MyGovID.NDLS You’ll need to pass the theory test first.RSA The nearest NDLS centre to Dublin 7 is on Cumberland Street.NDLS

Every sentence points back to the public body that owns it. Scripted example.

Today

Hundreds of public websites, each with its own menu. The concept puts one question in front of all of them.

The State already publishes almost everything people need. The work is finding it. A front door that starts from the question, not from the department, is the whole idea; the sites behind it stay exactly where they are.

Ask. Get an answer that cites its source. Then do it, here.

1

Ask in your own words

English or Irish, typed or spoken. No account, no menu to learn. If the question needs it, the concept asks one thing back: household size, county, whether you’re self-employed.

2

Read an answer you can trust

Built only from what public bodies publish, with each sentence linked to its source page. When the State’s page changes, the answer changes.

3

Finish the taskconcept · 2027

Sign in with MyGovID only when a task needs it. Renew a passport, pay motor tax, update an address across bodies, and track it in one place.

Private by design.

Share only what’s needed

The concept asks for your county, not your Eircode, unless an office lookup needs it.

Nothing is kept

Prompts and answers are not stored; a short cache keyed by a hash of the question, never the text, expires within two hours.

No ads, no tracking

No advertising, no third-party trackers, no profile built from your questions.

Public sources only

Answers are drawn from what public bodies publish. The model does not invent eligibility rules or deadlines; when it does not know, it says so and points to a person.

If this were built.

NowAnswers with sources across the main public bodies. English and Irish. No account.
Within a yearSign in with MyGovID. Passport renewal, motor tax, Register of Electors and address changes completed inside the front door, with status tracking.
LaterBenefits applications and appointments (HSE, NDLS, Intreo) started here and handed to the body that decides. Every public website serving more than 100,000 people a year plugged in.