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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: The two-stage process has been talked about an awful lot. Can Mr. Breslin quickly crystallise for us what it involved, especially the second part? Am I right in saying that phase 1 did not have a fully worked out design cost?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Was the underdevelopment of that design a product of the two-stage process or was it a failure elsewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: What we heard from Mr. Quinn and what was in the PwC report was that all of these design packages came in at the tail end, as Mr. Quinn put it. Did the escalation take place then, when the board really became aware of increased costs in respect of the design? Is that what Mr. Quinn was saying earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Was that a consequence of the two-stage process? Was the two-stage process inherently flawed for the project that was being developed?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Would it be fair to say that the main driver of the two-stage process was timeframes and that there was pressure to get this done quickly?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Going back to the PwC report in respect of accountability, the question of sufficient tension between the executive and the board was mentioned earlier. Mr. Quinn says there was sufficient challenge and Mr. Farragher says the same but PwC says different. How did PwC arrive at a different conclusion? Mr. Farragher was saying earlier, although he did not fully expand on it, that he felt...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: While Mr. Farragher says it could be a little bit better, PwC was very clear that there was not sufficient challenge between the executive and the board. It is a bit concerning, when the main thing we want is to have learnings, if there is not acceptance that there was a difficulty or an issue and if we can casually dismiss the PwC recommendations. Mr. Barry earlier on said the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I gave notice to the Chair and the Secretary General that I wanted to raise a local issue which has been covered very extensively nationally. I refer to the mortuary in Waterford and the reporting of very concerning claims that were made by four consultant pathologists. The Minister for Health has said there will be a review of the operations of the mortuary. Can Mr. Breslin and Mr. Curran...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I will look at two very specific issues that are of concern. The claim made by the four consultant pathologists was that bodies were decomposing on trolleys and some families could not wake their loved ones in open caskets but the hospital group is saying it had no evidence of that. These are very serious claims. As it also was accepted by the pathologists and by the hospital that no...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Breslin.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (21 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open the disability car scheme to new claimants; his further plans to offer disability cars that are more than five years old and have been replaced to persons not on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 386. To ask the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (22 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the capitation grant to €200 per annum per child in view of the significant capital funding constraints that primary schools find themselves under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22127/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) that made an application to the devolved grants section of his Department in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22172/19]

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: The Minister said the people sitting opposite him did not have a monopoly of understanding the fears and anxieties of those with distressed mortgages or who found it difficult to pay very high mortgages. That may or may not be correct, but I do not believe the Government understands fully what is happening to the families concerns and their real fears and anxieties when vulture funds arrive...

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I will get to them.

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: This is the deal. Families cannot do anything about the letters they receive. They are then told not to worry because all of the deals they entered into will be honoured and that there is nothing to see here, similar to what the Government stated about Bills brought forward by the Opposition to regulate and deal with vulture funds. There is no problem, until people receive a letter from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of paying 80% of the entry level rate to student teachers on placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the number of vacant positions in each of the years 2001 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22609/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 190. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2001 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22614/19]