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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Indefinitely.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Okay. I thank the witnesses. I may come back in at a later stage.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Tierney mentioned a figure of €300,000. Does that contract have the 4% inflation rate built in and all of that? Is it the same?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Apologies. It is €300 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry but I cannot hear Mr. Tierney. I have bad hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does that mean, in the context of inflation, it applies in the same way as it does to the initial contract?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Right. Effectively, that €300 million figure has gone up. Mr. Tierney also said earlier it is the same but clearly it will not go as far.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I know but at the same time, there was a point at which that was an estimate. Clearly, somebody has said that the €300 million will no longer fit the estimate. Does Mr. Tierney assume we will get the same services for the €300 million, which was initially estimated, I assume, at least two or three years ago?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Tierney has set out what the €300 million is for.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: It has not been breached because the contracts have not been put into effect.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: How much is that?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Tierney even know the percentage?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Please do. Even with the best plan in the world, it is what we try to plan for. My question was about the impact of inflation on the €300 million. That is as far as I can go. I asked before about providing a breakdown of the litigation costs so that could be sent to us along with the provision in the contract of €300 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: It is incorrect to state "million" here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Yes, a slight one when it gets in to the billions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Even if it is not, it pertains to planning decisions as opposed to financial issues. Perhaps I am wrong.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: I look forward to seeing what it is this year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: We estimate it might be in the range of €20 million.

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Verona Murphy: Our approach to climate action is wrong. It is being highlighted more clearly with each passing day. We cannot discuss climate action unless we look at it in the context of the cost-of-living crisis and the way in which our approach to climate action is exacerbating that crisis. I do not expect the Government to be able to provide solutions to all problems or to those problems over which...