FG raises €56m IT contract fear

FINE Gael last night warned the health service could be heading for another major computer fiasco as question marks were raised over the future of a company awarded a €56 million contract.

Party’s health spokesman Liam Twomey expressed alarm at reports the Manchester-based firm iSoft may be in financial difficulties.

Mr Twomey questioned the firm’s accounting practices and software and why the HSE signed its contract with the firm on a Saturday, the final day of the financial year in 2005.