Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I have confidence in the chief executive officer of the HSE and its board. The famous PPARs was "specked" and procured under the old model delivered by health boards. It was not an appropriate model. What was "specked" at the time was completely inadequate for the task at hand, which is the reality. We know that. Clearly, we must learn from that experience because at the end of the day that was taxpayers' money, whether spent by a unified organisation or by individual health boards. Considerable progress has been made by the Health Service Executive with the assistance of expertise in respect of its information communication technology requirements. They are currently in discussion with my Department and the Department of Finance in regard to investment in this area during 2009.

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