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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: No. I mean the overall project to deliver the hospital - not just the build, but also putting in place doctors, nurses and supports. Who has overall responsibility for ensuring it is built, delivered and open?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: At some point, Mr. McCarthy, as Comptroller and Auditor General, might examine this situation. If he does, who would he say had overall responsibility for the project?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I would say the same. In light of that and the overspend of €400 million or €500 million, surely the buck has to stop with the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I have learned a great deal about process as a member of this committee. One lesson is that economic appraisals, comparisons and due diligence are important. At the very start of this process, the Department and the board would have had to consider the design, model, co-location and sites. Various options were available to the State at different times. Given that it will now cost...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Leaving aside the site, what changes would Mr. Breslin have made had he known that the cost of building would have increased to €1.7 billion by 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I appreciate that response. I also appreciate that Mr. McCarthy cannot say much about the project because his job is to look back. He might examine this at some point, but that is a matter for him. If he does, would it be fair to say that he would examine what information was available to the Department and the group at any given time? I think that should be done now.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Including the economic appraisals of the various options.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: The associated risk would have to be outlined as well.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Risk would be an important element. My impression is that Mr. McCarthy will examine this at some point, but that is a matter for him.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I am just wondering what it would emerge. In the here and now, though, and given that Mr. Breslin was upset, to put it mildly, when he found out that there was an overrun, what changes is he considering making? In light of the large overrun, is any change being considered?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Does the Department need PwC to tell it? Why does it always need some external body to tell it something?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: When PwC was appointed to examine this, was any consideration given to potential conflicts of interest between it and the company involved? Would that matter have been examined to ensure that there was none, particularly in view of the fact that Mr. Breslin wants an independent analysis?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: It was explored with whom?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: What does the term "explored" mean in this instance?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Mr. Sullivan was satisfied that there was no conflict of interest.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank our guests.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I did not ask the question either, but any involvement could give rise to a conflict of interest, although it may not. I would also be interested in the response.

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: JobPath was described today as short-term, coercive and ruthless by several academics from Waterford Institute of Technology. A submission was presented to Deputy Brady by over 29 community-based groups who run the community employment scheme. They have a similar view of the scheme. People who use the system and who use other systems have a view of JobPath that is the polar opposite of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (5 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of €4.75 million funding announced in November 2018 for the construction of a second cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; if it will be impacted by the proposed cuts in capital funding by the HSE as a result of the cost overrun in the construction of the new national children’s hospital; and if it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (5 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána in the supervision of a service (details supplied) in view of recent online posts in which instruction was given to users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5070/19]