Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not consider it a good deal when one must spend money because a deadline was missed. The Minister may argue that the position could have been much worse but the problem should not have occurred in the first instance. There should have been proper planning. What role will the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer have in ensuring agencies do not run up against a brick wall? Given the Minister's acknowledgement that various Departments and agencies must migrate to a new operating system within 12 months, what will be the overall cost? Is the chief information officer fully equipped to ensure similar deadlines will not apply to other operating systems being used in the public service? I have only highlighted one such deadline. Will the Minister provide a guarantee that no other such problems arise in the public service?

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