James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the obsolete 20-year old Beaumont Hospital Information System and its reliability, capacity constraints, capability and cost of maintaining and supporting such an old system; if this system is a risk to patient safety and the timely delivery of patient services and is such an old system inhibiting the efficient management of this large north Dublin hospital which serves a wide catchment area with hundreds of thousands of potential patients; the action she will take to address this deficiency in such a major health provider; the funding that she will make available; the cost to install a modern suitable system for this flagship hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21096/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive, it is not possible for the Executive to supply current information in relation to the detailed future plans for the Hospital Information System in Beaumont Hospital. The latest information available to my Department confirms that major clinical departmental components of the present HIS are due for replacement under ongoing national initiatives. I am also aware that discussions are currently underway between the Executive and the hospital in relation to the best means of addressing the modernisation of other aspects of the HIS and that proposals will brought forward when this process is concluded. The investment costs of all approved HIS related developments at the hospital will, in line with ICT developments throughout the public health sector, be met through the HSE's capital ICT funding envelope.