Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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847. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame and estimated cost per year of full implementation of the e-health system. [18022/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Additional capital provision to support the implementation of eHealth and ICT for the period 2018-2021 was secured by my Department as part of the Mid-Term Capital Review and is supported through the National Development Plan. The capital provision for eHealth and ICT is set out below and will allow for a multi-annual rolling programme of work on multiple projects:

A significant portion of the capital provided for ICT each year is required to replace and upgrade the existing ICT infrastructure and systems already deployed. The balance of capital is allocated to the development and implementation of projects, the majority of which are clinical and patient focused  but some relate to corporate and operational systems.

The full implementation of the eHealth strategy and eHealth deliverables under the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy will be over a number of years on a rolling basis with programme reviews, cost planning and annual expenditure commitments being made accordingly.