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

Brian Stanley: Deputy Murphy's time has expired but I will allow a brief question.

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

Brian Stanley: I have a number of questions for Mr. Gunning. On the cost, there seems to an assumption of a final cost of approximately €2 billion. There are 700 claims, of which 466 have been processed. Mr. Gunning mentioned earlier that we are only 20% into the construction process in terms of the value. As such, we have 80% of the way to go. At this point, is he confident that the final cost...

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

Brian Stanley: I will rephrase the question.

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

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Gunning confirm that he and the board are confident that the cost will not exceed €2 billion?

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

Brian Stanley: The overall price is extraordinary in comparison with the cost for much larger hospitals built in the past five or ten years. For example, in Chicago a 664-bed hospital was built for €541 million and in Atlanta a 402-bed hospital was built for €499 million. The cost here appears to be extraordinary, and rising on the basis of what we are hearing today in regard to the 700...

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

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Gunning clarify whether the contractor has made a claim or indicated that it is making a claim for that period?

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

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Gunning clarify the following with a "Yes" or "No" answer? If there is a claim and if there is a hit in terms of compensation for that, will that be in addition to the 700 claims we have already discussed?

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

Brian Stanley: It is within that figure of an estimated €300 million. Is that correct?

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

Brian Stanley: On the PricewaterhouseCoopers report, there were a number of recommendations in it that caught my eye. Mr. Gunning said today that they have all been implemented in full. One of them was around the commercial capability and capacity of the board and the executive. The report recommended that it should be strengthened to be more self-sufficient and less reliant on external advisors. I must...

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

Brian Stanley: Mr. Gunning is confident the board has achieved that.

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

Brian Stanley: On the completion timeline, my calculation is that the board is looking at spring 2024. Does Mr. Gunning agree with that? He said the contractors are now ten months behind and there is also a nine-month phase to crank up operations and test operations. Is that correct, when we add that 19 months to the revised time of August 2022?

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

Brian Stanley: As soon as the findings of that report are available, I ask that they be forwarded to the secretariat of the committee. I thank Mr. Gunning. We are out of time unfortunately. I thank our witnesses for joining us and for the information with which they have provided us. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, for attending and assisting the committee. We...

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

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. Our party supports maximum suppression, as outlined by NPHET. We want to continue to work with NPHET to ensure that we crush the virus and roll out the vaccines in a timely and efficient manner. We have worked hard for the implementation of a strategy of strong restrictions underpinned by a fast track and trace process. At times, things...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason civil and public servants cannot avail of the working-from-home allowance of €3.20 per week. [7545/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (11 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected by each local authority in vacant site levies in 2019 and 2020, respectively; and the number of sites from which each council collected levies in each year. [7707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (11 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation will be brought forward by her Department to deal with the difficulties being encountered by local authorities that need to erect CCTV cameras in locations in which illegal dumping is taking place. [7708/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Sean Sherlock. I welcome everybody to this online meeting. Due to the current situation regarding Covid-19, only the clerk to the committee, support staff and myself are in the Seanad Chamber. Members of the committee are attending remotely from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional requirement that all members...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I now ask Ms Murphy-Fagan for her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Murphy-Fagan. I will first call Deputy Hourigan, who has 15 minutes. She will be followed by Deputy McAuliffe, who will have ten minutes. Everyone else will have five minutes. I must keep members to their times because I want to ensure that everyone gets to contribute.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy has just over three minutes left.