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- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is not the easiest to decipher.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We have 442 then yet to be substantiated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Have we-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. That is what we are interested in in terms of the accountability of public money. Have we any sort of metric? Do we know how much the company has made that claim for? Have we any sort of metric?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: However, there has been an enormous disparity between the size of the claim initially made and the figure that is finally settled on in settlements. Mr. Gunning gave that figure of €16.75 million-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----that had been settled on-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----but the nature of the claims submitted were in the order of being ten times larger. Am I right in saying that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Mr. Gunning might give me a context to understand that in terms of similar-sized projects. To go from €641 million to an actual figure of €16.75 million-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----seems incredible to me. Is that normal in disputes of this kind or is it irregular?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The process should be that if there are disputes of this type, it should go through the employer's representative and it should be settled there. From the company's point of view, how many has it escalated beyond that in percentage terms? Has Mr. Gunning found himself in a situation where the employer's representative made a finding and he pushed back against that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is important to get clarity about this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to put this in-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is just to get a clear picture in terms of the public purse, which is our job here. It is difficult to get and I know much of this is still in play, so it is difficult to arrive at a final figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I want to direct a question to the Comptroller and Auditor General around the timelining of the accounts. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board 2021 financial statements were certified by Mr. McCarthy in September of this year. By contrast, the 2021 financial statements of Children's Health Ireland were certified on 14 October last year. That is nearly 12 months in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Considering we are likely to be back at this again before we have an open and functioning children's hospital, is that something that needs to be streamlined so that both the Comptroller and Auditor General and we as a body have better oversight?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Okay. Will Mr. Gunning be able to commit to working a bit more proactively with the Comptroller and Auditor General on this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is important because we very much rely on the Comptroller and Auditor General's expertise to do the job that is in front of us. I will go back to this programme, which is landing us at 29 October 2024. The poor employer's representative has been kept incredibly busy by this job. There is a line that states the programme is currently being evaluated by the employer's representative....
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It will be another month or two before-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We are hoping that will firm up-----