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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: As such essentially the hospital can evolve as medicine evolves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: To do what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: By whom is it accepted? Is it accepted by the building sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Did costs run over by 100% there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: In the United Kingdom or the other examples that include a two-stage process did costs run over by this percentage? I would like a simple answer to that question as I am under pressure of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I understand but the day has ended in Ulster Hospital and those hospitals so did they go over by twice the amount? I understand that we are only partially through the process. In respect of Ulster Hospital and the NHS hospitals that are completed, did the two-stage process result in such an overrun - yes or no?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I am a lay person. The witnesses are sitting here as the people who were appointed to the board for their skills and competency - their words - and they are telling me that a two-stage process is the way forward because it is acknowledged and accepted internationally as the best way. Mr. Costello then references Ulster Hospital and the NHS as organisations that have used this model but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I do not want Mr. Costello to read it out. We are under time pressure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I know it is important but I am here as a questioner and Mr. Costello is here as a witness. I have asked him a very simple question to which I would like an answer as soon as possible because the witnesses or somebody else must have it. If the witnesses do not have it, we have a serious problem in that the witnesses have not looked at the outcomes in terms of cost overruns in other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I have no problem understanding what Mr. Costello is saying. He is saying that the traditional model of tendering was not suitable in this case. I understand completely. If there is a theatre, we do not want to say that it will cost €1 million, only for the builder to build it for €1 million and then shave off €200,000 by putting in a cheaper tile, wall or ceiling. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Can Mr. Costello say for the record that he will get me the information about the overruns relating to the examples he cited today of how this is the best way to go about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Kate O'Connell: If the cost overrun at Ulster Hospital went over twice, the board should have seen it coming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I also have a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for their submissions and for all the information they have given. I hope we can take on some of their recommendations as they are experts in this field. It is easy for those of us who have children not to take into account people who get married in a same-sex relationship, or otherwise cannot have children. There is a certain amount of ignorance in this area but, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: It could be argued that where information is available and guidelines have been laid down, the position will be clear to everybody at the outset. As people become more aware, the number who change their mind will surely decline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I was not saying we should make sure everybody is happy at the expense of the children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: That is Ms O'Friel's interpretation. Children can often have very positive experiences and while I have seen the witnesses' submissions and am aware of where they are coming from, I believe, and I think the scientific community understands, that the longitudinal study is the only way we can get hard data on this. When Ms O'Friel talks about the effects of illegal surrogacy or ad...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I am just saying we have to base our decisions as legislators on longitudinal studies and on the benefits of regulation. If there was no benefit to regulation, there would be no point in being here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: What I am presenting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Yes, the Deputy speaks with real compassion and concern about the inability to have a child. She started off saying that. I do not know if she knows any people who have not known their genetic parents. Does she equally have compassion for adoptees who have searched for their genetic parents and have gone through complex processes to try to integrate those people into their identities and...