Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The review will deal with the accountability of relevant key parties, functions and roles and the prohibition on making any findings against individuals will be removed. It will establish the sequence of events in the cost increases experienced by the project, establish what was known, when and by whom, and cover the bodies, including the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, NPHDB, its committees, the HSE and the Department of Health. The review will also be asked to identify any areas where potential cost savings or reductions, which are consistent with the applicable contractual undertakings, may be found.

Merlin Park University Hospital, MPUH, provides elective medical and surgical services, renal services and a haemodialysis unit, and two designated rehabilitation units, along with a number of number of specialist outpatient clinics. In September 2017, leaks developed in the roof of the building in the hospital that houses the two orthopaedic theatres. Managers temporarily suspended operations for one week to facilitate repairs. Following the deferral of elective orthopaedic procedures in 2017, the hospital facilitated the transfer of elective sessions to University Hospital Galway on a limited basis with the support of Merlin Park staff and eight orthopaedic elective beds. In addition, some minor procedures were undertaken in hospital one in Merlin Park and-----

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