Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

Regardless of the arguments the Minister makes, this Government is a failure at implementing anything related to information technology. PPARS has been a disaster. A total of €160 million has been spent to date and there is an €11 million cost every year to pay 30,000 people. A cost-benefit analysis should be carried out on that system. The iSoft project is another which looks ready to collapse at any time. The HSE is not working. The Government reads too much of its own spin but the HSE is falling apart. It will not fall apart before the general election so the Government will be saved from that.

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