Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

There is no proposal to spend €78 million on a computer system to replace PPARs. The Deputy may, however, be referring to a draft business plan for financial and procurement systems received by my Department in September of this year. This included proposed capital costs of just under €78 million.

The draft business plan has since been discussed with the HSE and revised proposals involving lower investment levels are being developed by the HSE.

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