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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Certain skill sets are required.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Do some of the skill sets required relate to procurement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: There is sufficient procurement expertise on the board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: What skill sets are absent from the board at present?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: There are a number of recommendations in the PwC report on the processing or assessing of claims. Recommendation No. 2, for instance, states: Comprehensive plans should be developed to mitigate the residual risks identified. Once developed they should be subject to a rigorous peer review to "stress test" their robustness and comprehensiveness. Is that peer review external or internal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: When a claim comes in is it reviewed and assessed externally to the board or internally?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: If there is a substantial dispute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: The site is quite confined.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Are there safety issues on the site over and above what might be expected?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Are the delays in construction, as Mr. Barry outlined, related to the confined nature of the site?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Are there difficulties in getting access to the site for construction workers and construction equipment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Does that contribute to the delays as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: How many workers are working on the site? How many are directly employed by the contractor and how many are subcontracted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I have a further question, perhaps for Dr. Curtis. The Connolly site is now open from Monday to Friday, nine to five.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: The intention was, I think, 9 a.m. until midnight, seven days a week. The difficulty was in recruitment of staff, I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: What is the recruitment situation now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: The committee has been doing substantial work on workforce planning, recruitment and retention of staff. If a satellite centre cannot be staffed, how will the hospital itself be staffed when it is commissioned? This committee can see significant difficulties in recruiting consultants. Dr. Curtis mentioned two specialties. It is a failure of the process that the centre cannot open from 9...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I have one last question on integration. I understand that if blood is taken from children in Connolly, it is not processed in Connolly but has to be taxied to another children's hospital. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: Why can it not be analysed in Blanchardstown, in Connolly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Curtis. We will have a quick-fire second round. I ask members to confine themselves to five minutes for questions and answers.