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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I understand the process. My question is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: -----when will the process start?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I thought that would be part of any agreement. A moratorium to concentrate on the construction works is valid and understandable. However, our guests must have some indication of when they will tackle this thorny and potentially expensive issue. This is an enormous issue. There are more than 1,000 claims outstanding and our guests cannot say when that will be addressed or when any process...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I am not looking for an actual date. How long will the moratorium last?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: It should be a matter of concern to the Department. I should have said at the outset that I visited the hospital a few months ago with other members and was extremely impressed. It is a magnificent development on a scale unlike any other public building in this country. I have no doubt it will be fantastic when it finally opens. Our concern today are the costs involved and the kind of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. Does the six-month period for commissioning that was talked about include the two types of commissioning, namely, the technical and the integration of the three other hospitals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: The integration is likely to take six months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: When Mr. Gunning was asked earlier about the likely approximate ballpark figure for the final cost, he talked about a range of cost elements. What is included in that range of cost elements, apart from the dispute resolutions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I want to return to the issue of claims and clarify a few issues. Approximately 1,000 claims are outstanding at the moment and the estimated cost of those is €500 million. Mr. Gunning said that ten claims account for 80% of that value, or approximately €400 million, as of now. What is the likely impact of inflation on those? Are they fixed figures or are they likely to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: What is the understanding on the part of the development board, which agreed to the moratorium and the parking of these outstanding issues, regarding the value of those claims, at whatever point they are addressed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Earlier, I asked Mr. Gunning when these outstanding claims are likely to be addressed and he was not able to give me any indication of that. What kind of agreement did the development board reach with the developer or developers regarding these outstanding claims on how you would estimate their value if it is three years after the claims were initially made? Will inflation be rolled into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: No, I am not talking about what is within the contract but about what is in this agreement the development board has regarding a moratorium on the claims.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I repeat that kicking outstanding claims down the road is a strange way of dealing with them, which is essentially what seems to be happening here. I wanted to ask Mr. Gunning what the development board agreed. Was this a written agreement in relation to the moratorium? Were conditions then attached? Mr. Gunning is saying that this is being reviewed on a monthly basis. Is that what the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Is there a written agreement about the moratorium?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Until when?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: How would that be determined?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Does the development board have a view in relation to the optimum time when this would be resolved or when these issues would be addressed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. Gunning is stating that they are highly complex and they undoubtedly are. However, from the taxpayers' perspective, it is reasonable for us to expect that Mr. Gunning would have some idea of what his objective is for the point at which he will address these outstanding claims.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Okay-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
Róisín Shortall: -----I do not know what that means.