It is set to be a gamechanger. In a field of disparate financial systems used across the public service, the Financial Management Shared Services (FMSS) programme would bring 48 State bodies, including major departments and agencies, under one scalable modern finance IT platform. When the National Shared Services Office (NSSO)’s project was first announced, its budget was set at €47 million and would be delivered by June 2020. Things have not gone according to plan – not entirely unexpected on a project of this scale with so many moving parts.  In September 2020, the Government approved a revised budget envelope of…

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