Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I welcome the Deputy's support. I despise having to correct the Deputy, but that Department has responsibility for public expenditure, reform, infrastructure and digitalisation, so I think the Department's enthusiasm for this project is overwhelming. The Minister, Deputy Jack Chambers, has been a really strong advocate for electronic health records. Not to tell tales about the programme for Government discussions, but the Minister is very committed to health digitalisation. Why would he not be, being a qualified doctor and having worked in that system? He is very committed to it and enthusiastic about it, as are the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. Recognising the importance of this project to the State, through long-term cost savings, management of public expenditure, the impact on the current budget, being able to track expenditure through the IFMS and the integration of all these different things, it is an imperative for the Department of public expenditure, reform, infrastructure and digitalisation. I am sure the Department will be as enthusiastic and co-operative with this committee as I am.