Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Financial Management Shared Services Project; the number of bodies that have migrated to the new system; if the number of bodies that have migrated to the new system is up to date with the agreed project timeline from the project's commencement; the current projected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32679/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Financial Management Shared Service Project (FMSS) will result in nearly 50 Public Services Bodies receiving a broad range of accounting and finance related services over the next number of years operating on a single finance shared service platform. This large transformation process will result in a greater standardisation of financial reporting, accounting processes and facilitate greater technology innovation.

Public Service Bodies will be migrated to the Finance Shared Services platform over a number of waves with 8 public bodies already going live on the platform in April 2022. They have now successfully completed 3 financial year ends with close to 30,000 payments processed on an annual basis. The Finance Shared Services has maintained its annual ISAE 3402 Type II accreditation, without exception, following an independent audit that evaluates not only the design and implementation of controls but also their operating effectiveness.

The Finance Shared Services is currently migrating the second wave of entities with planned go-live dates in September 2025 and Quarter 2 2026. This will result in a further 13 public service bodies migrating to the Finance Shared Service platform once completed. It is expected that the remaining entities will be migrated over a number of waves to be completed by the end of 2027.

The change from the indicative timeline for full implementation of 2025 has arisen primarily due to the large scale nature of the programme and a requirement to upgrade the existing technology infrastructure platform before scaling and extending the service to Wave 2 organisations and beyond. Although this was an operational requirement, it had a consequential impact on the programme delivery timeframe.