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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: At least six months for commissioning. Therefore, the earliest date is November or December 2024.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: What is the realistic date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: I refer to the satellite piece. Everybody sits to attention and flicks pages. How is it doing in terms of what was anticipated, footfall and delivery? There is about two minutes left for the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: Could Mr. Tierney please do so?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: So as to alert the public that it exists.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: Blanchardstown seems to have exceeded expectation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: How is the Tallaght satellite comparing with that at this stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: What is the cost of that project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: I would not hang my hat on BusConnects. What is Mr. Tierney's response to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: No, but it must concern him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: No. How people get to the hospital will concern Mr. Tierney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: On the children's hospital satellite at Tallaght, it was stated that the original cost was €77 million and the outturn cost was €83 million. Did I get that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: Does that include all the settled claims?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: How much did claims amount to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: I appreciate that. I have been to the facility and it is excellent. Did the overrun manifest in the context of claims?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: It would be useful to know in regard to the Connolly and Tallaght sites how much of the modest €5 million overrun in the overall cost of €82.5 million was the result of claims.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: Would it be reasonable to suggest that we could correlate the ratio of claims in Tallaght and Connolly to the main build of the NCH? In other words, if claims amounted to 5% of the final figure of €82.5 million, we could correlate that, potentially, to the total overrun cost for the NCH, giving an overrun cost of in or around 5%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: They are all with BAM.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for that. Mr. Gunning has a background in business. I think it was in Hewlett-Packard. Let us go back to our room to improve analogy. If Mr. Gunning was before Hewlett-Packard's board, the chairman would insist on a final figure. Has the Secretary General of the Department looked for a final figure? Has Mr. Gunning had conversations with the Secretary General and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John Lahart: I was very impressed with the BAM personnel we met, not just from a professional perspective but that many of them have bought in to the project emotionally. That is important to state. I know the new national maternity hospital is probably not going to be as bespoke, but what would Mr. Tierney say if he met the board and was asked for advice on his experience of dealing with pretty...