HSE pay system costing €6m a year

THE PPARS health service salary system, which was heavily criticised in 2005 after a series of glaring errors were uncovered, is still costing the taxpayer more than €6 million a year.

New figures confirmed by the HSE show that despite the scandal over the human resources software, at least €100,000 is being spent on the project every week.

When the programme was developed in the 1990s, it was predicted it would cost the taxpayer about €8.8m.