Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Eil?sh Hardiman:

We are saying the same. As I said, the commissioning period will take at least six months. The Deputy has heard from my colleague, Mr. Gunning, that the current date is the end of October, and it is subject to that programme being tested by the development board. From our perspective, we have a detailed plan with 171 workstreams that need to be done. We also have a migration plan because we will then need to move the three children's hospitals. That will be over a period we estimate will take between seven and ten days. As we get nearer to the planning, we will firm that up and that will be done well beforehand. That is our plan. Then, it is our plan to be fully operational. Because we are already in four locations, opening up another location will present a significant challenge from a staffing perspective. This therefore needs to be a pretty narrow period. We do not intend for that to be a long period of migration. Then, we will close down the units in Temple Street and Crumlin and we will move out the inpatients from Tallaght.

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