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

Mr. David Gunning:

I guess it is down to looking at progress on a monthly basis. We watch the progress. We monitor it monthly. We look at a number of key performance indicators, KPIs, and at the resources. To be clear, there is nothing in the contract to say the contractor must have X or Y resources. We have no levers other than the application of liquidated damages. As I explained earlier, the three sanctions we have-----