Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of Government Chief Information Officer
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
9:30 am
Mr. David Moloney:
I agree that an integrated financial management system is key for the HSE. Some six or seven years ago, the then CEO of the HSE described it as the number one non-clinical priority for the HSE. It is a huge financial and change management project but we would like to see it go further and faster.
Clearly, Covid-19 has had an impact. I was involved with the development of the financial management system in my previous role. We have been in contact with the CEO of the HSE about the group that is overseeing that system and we have nominated somebody to that group in order to assist in whatever way we can. It is-----