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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)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Gunning. I would like to move onto the issue of costs, which has obviously been one of the big issues with this project. Just last night I received a response to a parliamentary question from the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris. I had asked for an update on the potential future overruns. This project started at €650 million and it has now reached €1.733...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Let us just probe this matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Mr. Barry has given that response before. If I were on his side of the table I would have a better understanding of what the potential inflation exposure is. My understanding would be better than the people on this side of the table because I would have a very detailed model, which would calculate, for likely and unlikely levels of inflation, what my total exposure was because I have done...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I certainly do not. In my old career, I would have been able to give those numbers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Is Mr. Barry honestly telling us that since the PwC report, the Department has done no further financial analysis on the likely financial exposure of the State and taxpayers to construction inflation on this project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: What range did PwC give in cash terms?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: In the interest of time I suggest that we come back to the answer. I have questions on contractor claims.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Does Mr. Barry have a range? I appreciate that the board is working very hard to minimise these claims, as it should. Does he have a provisional sum against the amount the board has budgeted for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Is Mr. Barry in a position to share the figure for the total quantum of claims or is that commercially sensitive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I have three questions on regulations, taxes and statutory issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes, they are. Since the figure of €1.433 billion was given, have there been changes to the regulations or are there statutory issues that will increase the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Since the figure of €1.433 billion was given, have there been any design changes that could increase the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: What about delays?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that we do not know what the future will hold.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: At this point in the project there are not costs associated with delays.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I have questions on the design itself but they have nothing to do with the change of design. The Coombe maternity hospital was meant to be relocated. We were told in 2015 that it would be relocated in parallel with the children's hospital but, clearly, that has not happened. The design has not even begun of the new maternity hospital.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: I have spoken at some length with obstetricians and people working in the maternity services. What they have said is that the physical co-design matters greatly. For example, a corridor through which one can very quickly get mothers into the adult hospital and babies into the children's hospital is very important. Does Mr. Barry know whether the children's hospital has been designed with a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Putting the specialist robots aside for a second, will there be a corridor or physical link for mothers and babies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Does that include the adult hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Stephen Donnelly: Great.