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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: I have no issue with that and I do agree with the sentiments expressed by the Minister. If we want to get the best people available internationally, then we will need to pay them. The health of our citizens deserves having the best possible managers in our hospitals. We will be talking tomorrow about UHL. I certainly concur with the Minister in this regard. Returning to the issue of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Of that €2.2 billion, how much is the commissioning going to cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Are international experts involved? I refer to people who have experience in this type of thing. I ask because, clearly, this has not been done before here. Does the Minister have confidence in the people involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: The Minister must have been disappointed with the RTÉ report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: The RTÉ report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Well, okay. In my earlier contribution, I did say that I would allow the Minister's colleague to give us the detail on the commissioning. I would like to afford him the time to allow him to talk us through this process step by step. I refer to how we can ensure the commissioning is not going to cause an undue delay. I ask this because we have gone through the issues with BAM ad nauseam....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Great.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: On the new agreement the Minister secured with Royal BAM when he engaged with it to allow early commissioning, how much of a real difference is that going to make? Has it been agreed in writing? Is there a service level agreement in place to facilitate it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Will Mr. Lynch tell us what difference that will make as regards timelines? The Minister said earlier on this morning that it will take many months off the scheduled timeline. Will Mr. Lynch confirm that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: Have there been additional commissioning costs as a result of that overrun?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: That is all very welcome. We wish him well. If it goes beyond June, there is a risk that the €367 million that has been budgeted for as part of the €2.2 billion could be exceeded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: That is a contract awarded to some commissioning experts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: That is good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: I second that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: The region with the highest trolley numbers consistently, every week and every day, is the mid-west. Whatever investment has gone in, it is still not enough. I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in. I was not present at the start of the meeting because I was at an event in Farmleigh to celebrate visually impaired Paralympians that was arranged a number of weeks ago, but I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: The Minister has gone over that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: That is fine. I just wanted it noted. That is all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: That is fine. I just wanted to amplify it because I felt it was important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Conway: That is fair enough. The terms of reference were delayed. The Minister announced in late April that HIQA was going to carry out a review of emergency care and it took three months for the terms of reference to be agreed. The reason, which was legitimate, was that the Minister was waiting for the Clarke report. If the Minister does not have any memories of this instantaneously, it probably...