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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: I understand it is combined, I am just trying to get clarity. So the board did not necessarily go for the-----

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 understand the system. I am just looking for a matter of fact-----

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 am conscious that the Cathaoirleach will not be infinitely patient with me, although he is a constituency colleague and I could probably call in a favour. Just to zero in on the one that there was a wee bit of controversy about, the mechanical and electrical engineering one. What happened there? Was the most cost-competitive entity successful? Was Arup the most cost-----

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 it is a blended thing and I think that is absolutely proper, but from a cost point of view, was there a large difference between Arup and the disappointed bidder?

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 fairly substantial, is it not?

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: The other bidder must have fallen very short of the mark on technical ability, because 15% is substantial.

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: My last question is slightly left of field but it is important because we are discussing a project of this magnitude. Reference has been made to philanthropy, philanthropic funds and so on and I do not have the scope to ask about that, but the lion's share of this is public money. What are the board's plans in respect of social clauses? I introduced legislation last Friday on the issue of...

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 thank Mr. Pollock for his answer and I feel encouraged by that, provided that they are, as Mr. Pollock describes, hard targets and not plámás to keep the locals happy, because there will of course be a level of nuisance also associated with such a big-----

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 very positive. I did not raise the new EU procurement directive as a barrier. It is entirely doable. The thing is to know how to do it in the correct way. I ask the development board to give consideration to the unbundling of contracts to give SMEs and indigenous players an opportunity to procure. That is a broader issue. In light of the scale of this project, we need those who...

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: Obviously, he brings a level of expertise. I would find it very useful and instructive if the other members of the committee and I could be kept informed as a more conclusive position on this matter is arrived at.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 135. To ask the Taoiseach his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention concerning Dáil reform; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41654/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 136. To ask the Taoiseach his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention concerning the entrenchment of economic, social and cultural rights; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41655/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 137. To ask the Taoiseach his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention regarding the convening of a second Convention, and the scope of subject matter that such a future Convention should consider; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41656/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not yet received a reply from her Department to a letter sent on 29 August 2014 regarding the person's alleged mistreatment on a community employment scheme; and if she will provide a full response to the issues raised in the letter issued by the individual to her Department. [41337/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 7 October 2014 stating that the Government has also undertaken to look at making Article 41.2 of the Constitution on the role of women gender-neutral, and at including other carers both in and beyond the home, it has also undertaken to look at amending the Constitution to include the principle of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the well-established and well-documented human rights and value for money concerns that have been in the public domain for many years, as well as the need to meet Ireland's obligations with respect to international standards on refugee reception, her plans to replace the direct provision system; if not, her reasons; and if so,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the position on each of the eight points presented to him by the survivors of symphysiotomy at their meeting with him on 19 September 2014. [41381/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will favourably consider the survivors of symphysiotomy's draft proposal for a Government statement of truth. [41382/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 661. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the UN Human Rights Committee's concluding observation on symphysiotomy at paragraph 11, that the Government has to date failed to, and therefore should now initiate, a prompt and comprehensive independent investigation into the practice of symphysiotomy, prosecute and punish the perpetrators, including medical personnel, and provide an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in County Kildare. [41214/14]