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

Kate O'Connell: From the briefing note I had understood that the rules regarding appointments preclude those on the board from earning outside money. I suppose it is complicated when one has a role on a board like this.

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

Kate O'Connell: Grand. There is no financial benefit accruing to Mr. Barry.

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

Kate O'Connell: As the new chair, is Mr. Barry confident that nobody who reports to him is-----

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

Kate O'Connell: -----conflicted in any way by a role for which they get paid? Is there anyone? Forget the conflict issue. We can decide that. Are any members of the board getting paid externally-----

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

Kate O'Connell: -----for anything to do with this?

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

Kate O'Connell: Has he asked all the board members?

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

Kate O'Connell: It might be worth doing so.

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

Kate O'Connell: The members are to declare if they have a conflict.

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

Kate O'Connell: Are they ever asked whether they are getting paid and is that question answered? Who determines whether there is a conflict?

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

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Barry can forget that. I am talking about other companies.

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

Kate O'Connell: Can we get an answer, just to make sure?

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

Kate O'Connell: One of the nine of the 11 recommendations of the PwC report that are relevant is to split the role of chief officer and to appoint a new person. While PwC was doing its report, which I believe was before Mr. Barry's time, the board came up with some recommendations of its own. One of these was to employ somebody else. Recommendation 5 in the PwC report was to beef up or strengthen the...

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

Kate O'Connell: I am just concerned about the prioritising of recommendations if the first one was to give someone else a job. When I was reading this last night it occurred to me that this was the priority for the board.

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

Kate O'Connell: With regard to this new role, the recommendation said that the executive should be strengthened in the short term. This is PwC's recommendation. This new role has been advertised through the Public Appointments Service.

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

Kate O'Connell: This is the one which has been taken, however.

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

Kate O'Connell: Is it the only thing that has been done to date?

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

Kate O'Connell: What has been done in that regard?

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

Kate O'Connell: Does "a couple" mean two?

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

Kate O'Connell: Has anyone else been brought in?

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

Kate O'Connell: Does "additional strength" mean people?