Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 June 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals

9:00 am

Mr. Jim Breslin:

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has contracted for the project. It has a team in place. Part of the design team is also monitoring the site. Everything has to go through an employer's representative from the main contractor. There is certainly monitoring and surveillance, but if people are aware of issues I encourage them to contact the board. Issues should already be identified by the board through its presence on the site. However, if a taxpayer or a member of the public wonders why something is being done or thinks it does not look right, he or she should contact the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, ask if it is aware of the issue and ask what it is doing about it. I would encourage that. If Deputies have any concerns, I will be very happy to pass the information on.