Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised)
9:00 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I am not putting anybody on the spot. This has gone on for years. Each time the question is asked, we are told the Department is consulting with the HSE or the HSE is consulting with the Department. Nobody has given a straight answer to date. As a result, there is a major single Department with a significant budget that is not able to provide the information that one would expect. The IT systems that are required should be put in place. They are not reinventing the wheel; such IT systems are used all over the world. Nobody can understand why it cannot be done.
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