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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: When was that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: Mother of God.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: That was in August 2018.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: Obviously, there was no comment from the Department at that stage. That is another €140 million. When did the cost escalate from €200 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is when the approximate €400 million overrun was identified.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: The cost went up by €60 million and then another €140 million. In the two months from the end of August until the end of October, by how much more than €400 million had the final cost risen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: The Department of Health was aware of a €200 million overrun in August 2018. By the time of the board meeting at the end of October or in early November, the overrun was €450 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: The conclusion of the statement provided by Mr. Costello reads, "There are lessons to be learned in relation to the wisdom of pursuing cost reductions on competitive tenders and ensuring the sufficiency of tender information, in particular, mechanical and electrical services at tender stage."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I know that. Mr. Costello said that he would not change how he did the tender or he would not change his decision making.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I have serious problems with that because we are in virgin territory here in that we have never done this before and that is why the phrase "best practice" is not applicable here. I do not accept that this is international best practice because of the circumstances in this case. When it comes to best practice, we are not comparing like with like. It is not apples and apples and oranges and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: How many beds are there in the three hospitals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I understood that they had considerably more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: Those are inpatient beds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: Do they all have full occupancy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I ask Dr. Curtis to do an equation for me and to come back to the committee. Go back the last three years, get the total number of beds that are in circulation in the three hospitals, divide it by 365 for occupancy and day occupancy because we must remember that weekends need to be taken into account as well and come back to me with the figure. That is what the requirement is in this State...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I agree and we face population increases and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not want that. We will figure that bit out and fill in the gaps. I ask Dr. Curtis to do the equation I asked her to do, if she does not mind. Then we will see what that figure is and we will look at the figure of 473 to see if that is what this hospital requires. We will then allow for future planning and future population. With the advent of Sláintecare, information and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is fine and I am glad to hear all of this. I want to do the equation. We know what the final figure is. Once that has been done, the witnesses may want to introduce a completely separate document outlining what those other figures are. Presumably that will fill in the gap.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Alan Kelly: We can then judge if filling in the gap was the correct procedure. I have one last question if that is all right. It is a specific question concerning private practice. What facilities in the hospital are being built to be used to provide for care and treatment for children by clinicians in private practice? What is the cost?