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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Has the two-stage process been used for any other projects in the State?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Has that been successfully delivered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: When the Department uses a process and methodology such as that which results in such a shocking overrun, surely it must suggest that it is the wrong model to use.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Watt think it might have been dearer then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Does he think it might have been more expensive than the most expensive hospital in the world?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: What is the most expensive hospital in the world?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Were we using that as a measure of its success - that there is one more expensive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: How many beds does the one in Stockholm have? Is it the same number of beds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: The Secretary General cannot then. If it has twice as many beds, yes. He cannot-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Who is responsible for that? Mr. Watt will say the contractor again. There are a couple of issues for people looking at this. Obviously there is the governance about which he had serious concerns, not just general governance observations or whatever but serious concerns. A number of people in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are dedicated solely to monitoring the health...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Is Mr. Watt satisfied now that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Surely a thing like having the design right so that it can match up to the bill of quantities is just so basic. Mr. Watt stated: "The Government will no longer commit to major bespoke projects until there is clarity on tendered costs." How can one tender for something when one does not know the design?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: Then at least one knows what one is doing. It is impossible for people to understand why a design could not have been done for a project of this size. We meet departmental officials all the time now. There is a cost to this. There is a cost in cutbacks and things that people do not have now because of the mistakes that were made. Having listened to Mr. Watt, I am not convinced that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I was just giving my perspective.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I ask the Secretary General to give a "Yes" or "No" answer to this. Should he have been notified earlier?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: He should have been.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I commend the work of Kathy Wolff from the community relations forum in Newtownabbey. She visited Leinster House yesterday with Mr. Brian Lennon and the women from Ballymun to engage in a dialogue for diversity. The community relations forum promotes good working relationships by encouraging honest and open dialogue to enable people to have a better understanding of respect for each other's...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: It is this Government that solved the Fianna Fáil problem.
- Seanad: Diaspora Affairs: Statements (6 Mar 2019)
Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I wish a happy St. Patrick's Day to all our diaspora, as well as our citizens in the North.