Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I am not saying it is straightforward. The Minister made a number of points about changes he made to improve the situation and so on. That is why I am asking when, over a ten-month period, did the authorities go about trying to collect the information. That is important. It seems there was quite a long delay. If the Minister cannot provide that information today, perhaps he will do so in the next few days.

The Minister is very good at describing problems, drawing from his experience as a health spokesperson for a couple of years. However, he has been in the job as Minister for two and a half years. Two of the major problems preventing a clear line of sight of the expenditure of the massive health budget are the absence of an integrated financial management system and the absence of a proper ehealth function. The Minister described very well the problems caused by the absence of those two things. What is being done about putting in place a proper, integrated financial management system and where are we in regard to the ehealth programme that was first established within the HSE in 2013?