ENTERPRISE PATIENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:20): Perhaps the minister could update the house on the results presented to him by Ernst & Young or other consultancies regarding blowouts in terms of the EPAS project to date?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (14:20): There has been no blowout, as the Leader of the Opposition is trying to suggest. The Ernst & Young review looked at the governance arrangements we had in the EPAS project and made recommendations for someone with a certain skill set to be appointed to oversee all of the IT projects. I cannot remember the title, but I think they are called a system integrator, and that person has been appointed.

We have also appointed a steering committee over the project and over all the IT projects to provide advice to me on how they are going, but there has certainly never been any advice to me that any of the IT projects has blown out, other than what is already on the public record. Certainly, with regard to EPAS, my advice is that the project is on budget.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary?