Results 161-180 of 498 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: What is the value of the inflation?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Okay. Returning to the €1.88 billion, what was the original estimated figure of the combined costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Is that the total cost? Is that fit-out, equipment-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: To make the hospital-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Into a fully operational hospital.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Can anyone estimate where we are in terms of the total cost of making it a fully operational hospital at this point in time? Do you have your own-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Are you confident on the €1.88 billion, which is your side of the house, in terms of fully operational equipment and fit-out?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: The combined cost of the project will land somewhere between €2.2 billion and €2.3 billion. Is that a fair estimate?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Are you confident, on your side, about the figures?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I will go back to the claims. In terms of a progress report on the claims, it was mentioned that more than 2,000 were outstanding. What level of progress is there as regards resolved versus unresolved? Will you give us a snapshot of where we are with that? Of the claims that were lodged by the contractor, how many have been resolved versus those that have not?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: If there is such an outstanding array of claims, how can we then be confident about where the final figure will land? We cannot, really.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I understand.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: It is also likely that they will succeed in some of those claims. That is also likely.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Of those that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Of those that are resolved - I know the €15 million plus figure - what percentage of the claims were successful versus those that were not, of those that have gone through that process?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: If they get 6% of the outstanding €800 million that is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I understand.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I am caught for time. On legal costs so far, how much have we spent on legal costs defending our claims?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I am caught for time but might get a chance to come in again later. I will go briefly to Children's Health Ireland to finish on a different note. When this hospital is operational next year, will CHI give us a sense of what it will do for children's health? Will there be a seismic change in treatments and waiting lists? We need to get some sense of where we are with this. Obviously, the...