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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: My point is that we, as a committee, have an obligation on behalf of the taxpayers to ensure there is good value for money. It is impossible to determine whether there is good value for money when we have no idea as to what the maximum cost will be. Does Ms Prendergast accept now that this was a really bad contract for Irish taxpayers in terms of the original negotiation with BAM Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Even though we began with an initial cost of €800 million and we could potentially, and very likely, exceed €2 billion in terms of the overall cost?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: It would be helpful if some clarity could be given.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I will come in again later.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I had questions for the Department but the representatives do not appear to be present. I will go back to Mr. Gunning. He will recall that in December 2019, the estimated cost was provided at €1.43 billion. What is the sum total of the costs that have been incurred to date that were not included in that estimate? I am talking about costs related to inflation, settled claims, legal...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Are these the costs Mr. Gunning referred to earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: To clarify, in terms of unforeseen costs, which are not perhaps unforeseen but were not included in that figure, Mr. Gunning is talking about a cost that has been incurred of €5.8 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Is there no single sheet of paper that outlines when a cost has been occurred that was not planned for?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Gunning cannot tell me what that number is.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: What is the total of those? Mr. Dunning mentioned an amount of €5.8 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: The total is €5.8 million. I think this is important.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Outside the scope of the approve budget, the total figure for expenditure is €5.8 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: A Chathaoirligh, I know you have to be diplomatic to a point, but I have to agree with other speakers that it is scandalous that representatives of the Department are not here. I know you have cited the short notice, but any Minister who hears of an industry coming before an Oireachtas committee to report that 17,000 jobs are at risk will make sure that either he or she or senior officials...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I know, I appreciate that, but the very fact the Department is not here means it does not understand the subject, it does not appreciate the catastrophic situation we potentially face or it does not care. People have been talking about relevant Ministers. It is time the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine takes a hands-on approach to this issue because this is an agricultural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I will get them from the transcript. Thank you. What about the emergency legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for taking the time to be with us this evening. I have a number of questions, most of which will only require short answers so I will ask them individually. Perhaps Mr. Dowling would outline what he considers to be the main achievements of the beef task force since its establishment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: What does Mr. Dowling consider the status of the Grant Thornton reports to be now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: There is, therefore, a big problem here. Universally, farmers I speak to consider the Grant Thornton reports to be fudges, at best, and potentially even whitewashes in the sense that farmers consider them to reinforce the proposition of Meat Industry Ireland, MII. In many cases, the reports acknowledge that they are heavily reliant on the industry for whatever information they contain....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Matt Carthy: Let me rephrase that. Did the beef task force take any specific steps to publicise the new entitlements that were available to farmers as a result of that agreement?