Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is also the fact it is an innovative approach that has come from within the system, similar to Pathfinder, which also has being rolled out, and the very positive elements in that regard are quite obvious.

We were speaking earlier about the tendering process and the Minister was talking about it being a major obstacle to delivering capital projects. He said we need these in a timely fashion. What changes, if any, have happened in that process in respect of the two elective hospitals? We are saying there is a problem with the tendering. What are we doing to iron out or resolve some of these problems? We hear it is planning, it is this or that, but are measures being taken on that? As a committee we are going out to national children's hospital, and if we had had the benefit of hindsight, there are many things we would have done differently. I am asking about the process itself but I am also asking if we are learning from the previous mistakes we have made and what we are doing differently in respect of these two hospitals.