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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: I want to ask about those claims. Can Mr. Gunning clarify that the 600 claims and the costings of €200 million are up-to-date figures?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Can Mr. Gunning give me an update because at that time, he said "as of now" so I am wondering whether they are the up-to-date figures or whether he can furnish us with the up-to-date figures?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: My goodness, that is really shocking.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: It is in excess of €300 million for claims.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Now that we are up on €300 million, how many of those claims have been made by the contractor and have been won by the board? Does Mr. Gunning have a breakdown of those? How many were made by the contractor? What were the values in totality?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Given that the number of claims has jumped from 600 to 700 since November and the costs from €200 million to €300 million in three and a half months, the witnesses cannot give any assurances to the committee that the cost will not increase beyond the figures reported today.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: There were 600 cases at a cost of €200 million and now we have an additional 100 cases at an additional cost of €100 million. Can Mr. Gunning explain that?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: It is 100 additional claims costing €100 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: What sort of claims would they be?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Will Mr. Gunning give us an example? It is very difficult doing this virtually. Will Mr. Gunning give an example of one of the larger of the 100 claims that have amounted to an additional €100 million?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Just one example, Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: How many minutes did the Chair say I have left?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Sorry, I did not hear the Chair say when I had three minutes left.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Could I just say-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Here we are and there is still no definitive timeframe for completion or no idea whatsoever of total costs. All we know is there continue to be further delays, further claims, possibly more High Court cases and spiralling costs. It is fair to say, given what I have heard thus far, that the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has made a complete hames of it. The management of the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: People would be justified in thinking the new children's hospital, as feared, will be the most expensive children's hospital in the world because the witnesses have done absolutely nothing today to allay those fears.

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: The first big failure in tackling this virus was the failure to keep ahead of it when the numbers were low. The Government never got test and trace right. It was never used to full effect. It did not get travel checks right, and it certainly did not get the all-Island response right. Most people outside of government believe that a maximum suppression strategy is the only way to crush...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the qualifying criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme to ensure that all licensed and bonded travel agents and counsellors, including self-employed travel counsellors, will qualify for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Funding (10 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: 1039. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to fund local authorities to ensure that they have sufficient council owned dog pound facilities which can be run either by the council or by outside providers using council owned facilities to ensure satisfactory dog pound services exist in each local authority and to ensure that these services are not reliant on local...