Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate

Mr. Ciar?n Devane:

Yes. The underlying software of even the most modern kit, such as a multi-million euro scanner which you bought yesterday, is unsupported by the manufacturer. The manufacturers of the scanners cannot get away from that because they have to be certified medically. There are some risks which are really hard to avoid and, therefore, one has to put other inelegant processes around that.

The technology and transformation committee is looking at having a target architecture which says that every step we take, no matter what it is, has to be moving us in this direction because if it is not moving us in that direction, it is not reducing that underlying risk that is built in to an IT system which has everything from the most modern thing you got yesterday through to Lotus Notes in it. We need to be-----

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