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- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: The additional cost because of building inflation is €55 million but Mr. Gunning does not believe that they are entitled to validly claim for inflation costs going forward.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: In contracts, there is a penalty clause because of delays by builders. What is the story on the penalty clauses that are in place and can they be used as a bargaining tool in relation to new claims being made by the builder?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Do those sanctions put the board in a bargaining position in dealing with the additional claims being made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I fully accept Mr. Gunning does not want to declare-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Deputy Munster asked earlier about possible delays as a result of claims being made. The contractor has no right to delay the opening of the hospital once it is substantially completed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I want to clarify that because it was a bit unclear when Mr. Gunning replied. If I buy a house and do not pay the builder for additional work, he can refuse to close the sale. This situation is not the same.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: It was outlined already that the board is trying to fast-track some of the checking processes. The builder cannot prevent the hospital from putting in place cross-checking of equipment, etc., and the whole system inside there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: So the builders cannot interfere.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I will touch on the computerisation issue. Some maternity hospitals have put in place a computerised system. What is the link between the maternity hospitals and the computer system the witnesses are doing? Will there be a connection between them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I understand at one stage we had something like 1,700 different computer systems in the HSE and one would not talk to the other. I am wondering are we sure we can get all of this in order.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Where are we with computerisation in the existing children's hospitals in terms of it being transferred over? We are talking about a huge transfer of staff, patients and information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Will the transfer from paper to electronic only start when patients start to be transferred?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Will there not then be a long period, probably nearly six months, when there will be a huge workload involved in transferring information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Will there be connection between the other children’s units around the country as regards computerisation? If I am transferring a child from CUH in Cork to the new hospital, will the records in Cork be computerised and capable of being transferred over?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I have come across a scenario in a hospital where records were computerised but a section of the hospital refused to computerise. As a result, there were two files, one manual and one computerised, which caused----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Okay. Thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Where are we with regard to that document? Have we got a formal reply?