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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Perhaps it could be emailed to me, as it is causing people concern.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Desmond will understand that this project is part of one of the Department's processes. If I were in Monaghan, Youghal or somewhere else watching these proceedings, I would not be filled with confidence. However, I am sure those people want to hear from the HSE if their projects have been shelved or whatever other term it will use for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: We will get a full update.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: We look forward to that. The final paragraph on page 4 of the submission of the Department of Health states that the health capital allocation for 2019 is €567 million. The Revised Estimates from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform indicate a figure of €667 million. This underlines why the Secretary General of that Department should be present. Is that a typo?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: I understood that the budget for ICT was €300 million, of which €150 million was to be allocated for ICT and €150 million for staffing and other issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Is that part of the €300 million to which Ms Hardiman referred in terms of the ICT budget? This is the point I wished to make earlier, although I appreciate Deputy Brassil had been waiting for quite some time. My understanding is that the €300 million represents a block of money the spending of which has not yet commenced. The spending will not begin until the hospital is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: In regard to the €300 million that was referred to by Ms Eilísh Hardiman------
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Is that €88 million per annum or in total?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Over how many years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: That is included in the €300 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Is that the same €300 million that Ms Eilísh Hardiman last week told us is ring-fenced for ICT and staffing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Ms Duffy is stating that €88 million comes from revenue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: That €30 million has been spent. That means that Ms Hardiman has €270 million left to spend.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Some €150 million is going on ICT.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Ms Duffy is saying the Exchequer will not have to pay out those moneys.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: It does not come out of that €300 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: The Department could probably help its cause if it were able to advise the Government that there is a bill which it will not have to pick up. Ms Duffy does not expect the Government to have to pick up the tab for the entire €300 million of which it was advised by the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Approximately how much of the €300 million will the Government have to pay?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Last week, a journalist said to me that this story will run and run. I concur with that opinion because the more answers we get, the more questions we have to ask. The State will not have to pick up the full tab for the €300 million but it will not be able to lay off any other part of the €1.7 billion to other sources, philanthropic or otherwise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: As one who does not support the involvement of the private sector in the public sector, which the witnesses, as public servants, may appreciate, it seems to me from what Ms Duffy is saying that the State will build the car park and an operating company will come in and make a profit from it. I do not think that will work well for patients.