A new integrated payroll and human resources system at Beaumont Hospital will cost close to €3 million more than originally projected while the project was never put out to tender, the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard.
The committee was told on Thursday that initially it had been estimated that the new system would cost €1.9 million.
However the final bill for the payroll/HR system will now be €4.8 million.
The committee heard that previous management at the hospital had decided that a derogation applied that meant the project did not need to be put out to tender.
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