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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: So the design team will get extra fees-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: Let us say, for example, omissions in design are costing an additional €20 million. At some stage, the design team will be paid for its omissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: Yes, but it is not a fixed fee either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: Again, it is quite obvious that while the design team is not getting a percentage, it is getting paid for the extra work. At the end of the day the design team is not going to suffer any consequences for poor design or design omissions. The design team is going to be well paid for the work it does. The question was asked as to whether the two-phase process was the correct way to go about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: That may be the case for concrete and steel, but the other stuff the board is getting has been charged at premium rates. This includes €90 million for nine months' extra work, including premium preliminaries. The figure for works to comply with fire regulations is €27 million. One could build a 90,000 sq. ft office block for €27 million. If we make a comparison of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: My assessment is that a process started and a decision was made around the two-stage tendering process. A contractor renowned for its ability to claim extra on original tender prices saw an opportunity, came in and underbid everyone else by an amount that would have raised red flags in any circumstance. How that did not happen given the experience of the board members is beyond me. Once...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the falsified medicines directive is due to come into operation on 9 February 2019 and it is perceived that the system is completely unprepared at all levels; if a more realistic timeframe will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the liability individual hospital pharmacists who are employees of the HSE and do not own the pharmacy in which they work will have under the falsified medicines directive due to come into effect on 9 February 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3535/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the responsibility under the falsified medicines directive which lies with the HSE, in which it is the owner of hospital pharmacies, to provide and maintain the means by which verification and decommissioning can be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3545/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements general practitioners have under the general practitioner contract to payment of compassionate leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3536/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses and midwives in 2018 who have been provided employment contracts; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the group examining the risk of medicine shortages and continuity of supply resulting from Brexit have met over the past two years to date; the membership of the group; the remit of the group; the stakeholder groups with which it has engaged; the frequency of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a national biosimilar policy has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the full spend by his Department and the HSE on biologic medicines and biosimilar medicines respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3549/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 186. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal by the HPRA to increase its fees to Irish pharmaceutical companies by 8% in 2019; his plans to grant this increase; the work he has undertaken to analyse the merits of the increase in view of the pressures faced by companies in meeting the challenges of Brexit and by the introduction of the falsified medicines directive in February...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: Earlier, when referring to the proposed strike action on the part of nurses, the Taoiseach indicated that he was not aware of any Government failing to implement a Labour Court recommendation. In 2008, the Labour Court made a recommendation that FÁS supervisors be paid pensions. That decision was endorsed by a Dáil Private Members' Bill last year, when a more than two thirds...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: That was not the Labour Court recommendation.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to fulfil the commitment given by his predecessor in 2017 to award medals (details supplied) for bravery to the veterans of Jadotville and the families of deceased members. [3763/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building. [3767/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) for the September 2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4149/19]