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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is not stated.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: The reference is to the two years after year one.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: It does not state that. I am putting it on the record that the accounts do not indicate that. We will stick with that. The witnesses are stating that in 2020 and 2021, the national children's hospital will require €653 million from the capital budget. We are dead right on that. Mr. Devine is nodding so my figures are dead right. A sum of almost €654 million will have to be...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Fine. Mr. Breslin has told me the total capital construction budget for the HSE is €744 million for 2020 and €775 million for 2021.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: It appears that meeting the commitments for work already contracted and under way means the board will have to come up with €654 million between 2020 and 2021. It is stated in the accounts when that is expected to be paid. That is from a total capital construction budget of approximately €1.5 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: I want those figures on record. What percentage is that?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: In that case, 40% of the capital budget for 2020 and 2021 will go straight to the children's hospital. I want to put that on the public record. It is what the figures indicate. The job of the Committee of Public Accounts is to look at these annual accounts and that is the implication of the figures. It is for another forum to say the children's hospital would not have an impact on the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: We know it is the biggest single project. It is why we would like to see accounts early in the year.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am not suggesting anything. I am just putting the fact on the table that it is 40% of the capital budget. I am not suggesting anything. The Deputy can see the way the figures were presented and they did not tally when I first read them. It read as if those payments would come from next year's budget. The witnesses have said it refers to the two years after year one, which I accept. I...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Do the witnesses understand what I am seeking?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: If it is not a big table, it can be read into the record. I am happy for it come in writing.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: It might be neater. Things can get lost when they are read out loud.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: There is approximately €1.257 billion committed to date and the witnesses will send a detailed breakdown of it.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: The job of the Committee of Public Accounts is to get to the bottom of the financial statements.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: It was one of the main issues I wanted to raise. This concerns capital commitments and the project moving on for the next few years. The breakdown of phase A is to be provided, although the witnesses have said it was part of the main contract at the end of the day. I will have to go to the chairman of the children's hospital project programme board for the next answer. Mr. Barry is only...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: He said that is the budget agreed and it is hoped to come in on budget, subject to what we have discussed. I will not rehash that. It will be subject to assumptions. There is a clear implication that there are other costs associated with the children's hospital not in the construction contract. Will Mr. Breslin start telling us what else will be in there to get this children's hospital up...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Okay. The €1.433 billion figure has been subject to quite a bit of interrogation. Mr. Barry is smiling as I say that. The other costs have not been subject to any interrogation here at all. Today, we have dealt with the €1.7 billion. In meeting members of the board, we have only focused on the bare costs. This committee has never had a discussion on the €293 million...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Who makes up the peer review group?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Ms Hardiman stated that the records of 1.2 million children would be on the system.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask Ms Hardiman to send us a detailed briefing on that, rather than taking up the time of the meeting at this hour in the afternoon. It is the one issue that we have not discussed as a committee, other than those quick figures we got the last time. Representatives from the HSE will appear before the committee in a few minutes.