Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We should be very concerned about this.

I would like to acknowledge that the work in Children's Health Ireland, CHI, Tallaght and Connolly is completed. They are working very well and credit where it is due. One of the questions that was responded to in this piece of correspondence was in relation to the fit-out. It is at pains to point out that the fit-out has no bearing on the other delays. It would be very useful to see what the project for that fit-out is and if it has been future proofed. For example, the pandemic will have shown a value in remote working and remote engagement between consultants in Tallaght or Connolly or in other parts of the country, for example. It may well be that there is a different fit-out because there may be the kind of technology that provides better options for remote engagement between other facilities that care for children.

We should ask the board what that project looks like and whether it been reviewed at all in the context of the changes that might have happened during Covid and whether it is likely that there would be a budget overrun in relation to that. Those are the main points. I definitely want to hear about the accounts.