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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: I asked a simple question - were all of the people who were supposed to attend at the various board meetings in attendance at all meetings? There is a reason for my question because I will follow up with another. I presume "No" is the answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: My conclusion-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: Its members attended at all meetings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: That is all the more reason-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: All of the people who were supposed to be in attendance-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: -----at each board meeting were in attendance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: A parallel board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, but what I am trying to find out - Deputy O'Connell raised the same question - is the extent to which the interests and concerns in, and views on, all that we are now discussing were represented at those board meetings. Ms Conroy's answer is that it was not those boards' responsibility, but it was. If there is a project, and a very expensive one as it now happens, it would naturally...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: As a result, they were apprised of developments at all times.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: There were no exceptions. Did nobody pose questions in April 2017 when it was apparent that there was going to be an overrun, and perhaps a considerable one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: It was obvious that it was going to happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: The problem arose between April and September. That is the period in question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: That is one of them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: A year later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: To return to my original point, I cannot understand how it is possible to have so many constituent bodies allegedly operating in the same direction. From the very beginning, the issue has related to the original cost. I know preliminary costings were done. How preliminary were they in this instance? The presumption would be that, based on preliminaries, there could have been 10%, 5%, 4%...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: When did it do so?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: I presume the €921 million included VAT.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: That was an increase of how much on the previous guesstimates.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)
Bernard Durkan: Was that on a monthly basis?