Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

He appropriately took action. Professor Drumm is the CEO and Accounting Officer of the HSE. I said in my reply that the HSE had gone to tender on this matter, so I cannot speculate on what it will cost until we see the outcome of the tender. Even if we had an idea, we would not want to influence the tender by suggesting what it might be. The roll-out of IT is fundamental to reform of the health system, at both hospital level and in community services. We will have to spend a considerable amount of money updating our technology to deliver the health system that everyone expects.

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