Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is very strong. Regarding electric window openers, the ceiling runs from the ground to the sixth floor. Subcontractors said windows with electric openers were left out in all sorts of weather for over a year. If a problem arose with the windows in the glass ceiling which need to be opened or closed, whereby they could not be shut, a normal hoist would not suffice and a massive scaffolding operation would have to be brought in to the centre of the hospital to reach the roof, while the hospital remained in operation.

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