HSE orders report into computer fiasco

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is to carry out an internal review of the €150 million PPARS fiasco and publish the findings within two months, the HSE chief promised yesterday.

Following a meeting of the HSE board yesterday, Professor Brendan Drumm said he intended to publish the report. “I can see no reason why we won’t be very frank with the public about what we actually find,” he said.

Professor Brendan Drumm declared himself happy with the decision to suspend continued implementation of PPARS, the Personnel, Payment and Related Systems and FISP, the financial management system.