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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What was the mechanical and engineering contract worth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the contract for civil and structural engineering?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: How much was that contract worth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who got the contract for the project supervision design process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What was it worth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who got the planning contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: How much was that worth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who was the contract for traffic consultancy awarded to?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is it worth?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a lot of business the board has tendered for. The development board says it is assured there is no conflict of interest in terms of the decision making process, members of any of the panels or members of the board in respect of the award of the contracts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is the development board satisfied there have been no conflicts of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Have there been any complaints of conflicts of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Which issues did the media raise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will Mr. Pollock explain to the committee the nature of that controversy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that complaint resolved to Mr. Pollock's satisfaction?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: As Ms Conway said, this is the largest health infrastructure project in the history of the State. It is a large and important project involving vast sums of money and, I imagine, a substantial ongoing process of procurement, evaluation and awarding of contracts. That is so because of the skills and expertise required.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Perhaps Mr. Costello can answer my next question. Will he talk to us about ongoing oversight and evaluation of the issue of conflict of interest from the perspective of the board? I do not make this point to impugn anybody or suggest anything improper, but I am conscious that within different sectors of expertise, there can be quite a considerable crossover in terms of people's work...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Costello is satisfied that the board has complied with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: In terms of those contracts that we went through - quantity surveying, mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, project supervision, and so on - in each of those cases was the most price-competitive bidder selected for the contract?