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

Kate O'Connell: Are we back to Mr. Quinn again?

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

Kate O'Connell: Can the committee get an answer to the question?

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

Kate O'Connell: Can I have the answer from them?

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

Kate O'Connell: A long time ago the health committee spoke about equipment. The word "equip" comes up in the list of costs, with a figure of €87.9 million. Is that to buy or lease equipment? Who decides that? A lot of corporations, even in retail and certainly in the HSE, do not own their equipment because the price of having the manpower, or womanpower, to service the equipment is an issue. They...

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

Kate O'Connell: If it has not been decided, why is there a figure of €87.9 million?

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

Kate O'Connell: Is the NHS doing that? Do the Dutch or the Swedes do that? My understanding is that there is normally a lease and maintenance arrangement.

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

Kate O'Connell: I remember discussing this with Professor Hardiman.

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

Kate O'Connell: It has decided that the better thing to do is buy the stuff.

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

Kate O'Connell: My appetite for doing things differently from the rest of the world is also weakening.

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

Kate O'Connell: The health committee discussed at length how we pay and replenish equipment, as well as staff costs and other things. We all know what will happen. The costs of the project went up by 46% but the contingency went up by only 31%. Is there a reason for that or is it just to try to make things look cheaper? Is the contingency fit for purpose, given the size of this project?

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

Kate O'Connell: It is not as risky. Is that the point?

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

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for their time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses. It is nice to see Mr. Breslin again. I want to take up a few issues regarding the reality of the situation. Deputy O'Reilly mentioned the anecdotal evidence. My understanding is that people on the ground, and older people in particular, are stockpiling drugs, especially drugs with narrow therapeutic indexes and so on. In the event that a GP has run off a six-month...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It is a bit like the qualifications. Things will be fine provided things stay the same, but if the UK changes the goalposts, there may be a problem in three years. If its standards change and they are not compliant with the directives, we would need a new option.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: There have always been approximately 45 shortage notifications per month. That has not changed because of Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: There has always been such a shortage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Has the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency - the HPRA equivalent in the UK - commented on allowing EU officials to make inspections? Are there any preliminary arrangements or is the UK agency staying quiet? This relates to regulatory alignment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: On what basis did we choose to pair with the Scandinavians? Is it just that they were easier to talk to or are we more aligned with them with respect to formulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the Minister, Mr. Breslin and Ms Duffy for appearing before the committee. I support the Minister in his assertion of the need for the hospital. Anyone who calls for a halt to the project at this point cannot have been to one of our paediatric hospitals in the past few decades. It is all fine turning up at the accident and emergency department with one's child who has a broken arm,...