House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-10-30 Daily Xml

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ENTERPRISE PATIENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): Can the minister confirm that he has already committed virtually all of the $49 million contingency budget for EPAS even though EPAS has only been rolled out to one hospital?

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) (14:40): If the Leader of the Opposition is trying to suggest that we have expended the full budget of $400-odd million dollars on the rollout at one site—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Well, the contingency forms part of the full $400 million budget, so if the contingency has all been used on the one site, then I think the Leader of the Opposition is trying to suggest that the $400 million budget has been expended on the one site and, of course, no, that is not correct.

The SPEAKER: Before the leader asks the third and final supplementary, I warn the member for Schubert for the second and final time for repeated interjections during the two previous answers. Leader.