Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital: Discussion

Ms Fiona Prendergast:

I thank the Deputy. There is a strong governance structure in place. There is a steering group and a project board. A detailed report was done by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is in the public domain and is on merrionstreet.ie. It made a number of recommendations on strengthening the governance process around the overall project. Those recommendations have all been implemented by the NPHDB, CHI and our general oversight. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is kept fully informed-----