A report commissioned by the Health Service Executive has warned that the €160 million PPARS debacle could happen again because… A report commissioned by the Health Service Executive has warned that ...

Tanáiste and Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney TD has communicated to the Comptroller and Auditor General that she agrees with many of its findings in terms of its value-for-money report ...

Nothing turns the mainstream media’s attention to technology as quickly as a good disaster story. And when Enda Kenny TD began informing anyone who would listen about what’s been portrayed as the ...

Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent A NUMBER of "classic mistakes" common to major Information Communications Technology projects were made in the case of PPARS, Health Minister Mary Harney admitted ...

Management involved in the controversial Ppars (Personnel, Payroll and Related Systems) computer system did not follow official public procurement policies or implement appropriate tax clearance ...

THE crisis-ridden PPARS payroll system for the health service that cost taxpayers €177 million is to be replaced with a new one. The national roll-out of the beleaguered PPARS system, originally ...

A damning report compiled for the HSE and leaked yesterday by Fine Gael exposed an error-prone initiative which continues to swallow €21m a year. The probe by Astron Consulting warned PPARS could turn ...

The Health Service Executive has said it needs a new computer package to manage its payroll and employee information. These duties are currently managed by the Payroll, Personnel and Related System. A ...

Charlie Weston DELOITTE and Touche, the consultancy at the centre of the controversial PPARS IT system for the health service, has been awarded a contract to carry out an external audit at the Central ...