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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the rising cost of tourist accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32833/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister to outline her views on the rising cost of tourist accommodation.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Last week representatives of the Irish Hotels Federation appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media. They said that there was a faster rebound in tourism than anyone had previously anticipated. They said there was a very strong recovery, exceeding all forecasts, which is very welcome so why the price gouging? Why the extortionate room rates...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am sharing time with Deputies Daly, Cronin and Buckley. As the Minister for Health will be aware, this motion calls on the Government to retain and enhance emergency services in Navan hospital. We are also asking that the Government, once and for all, end overcrowding in emergency hospitals. Only major investment in our health service will finally change this situation. The way this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: For the umpteenth time, I raise the Government's refusal to extend the short-hop zone from Dublin to Drogheda and Laytown. I have met with the National Transport Authority, NTA, numerous times and it has acknowledged that its policies are directed by the Government. We know the Government can reduce fares with the stroke of a pen because it was done several weeks ago. There is a very...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: On a point of clarification, do speakers have ten minutes or 21 minutes?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Members of the board have given us a substantial completion date of January 2024. Does that include the nine-month activation period?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Given ongoing staffing issues and the nine-month activation period, it is likely it will be 2025 before the hospital is fully up and running.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Gunning will understand that people are anxious to have the hospital up and running. They are just looking for a date when it will be functionally fully up and running. It looks now that it could be 2025. The possibility cannot be ruled out that it could be 2025 before the hospital is actually open.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: If the board's substantial completion date is January 2024, which does not include the nine-month activation period and other ongoing issues mentioned earlier, it will more than likely be 2025 before people can use the facility.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: We heard previously that something of this scale would take a nine-month activation period.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Gunning cannot categorically rule out that it could be 2025 before the hospital is functioning as a hospital and is open and running.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: I will move on. The witnesses gave us the construction inflation costs. The estimated inflation cost for 2022 is €30 million. If that happens, can we expect similar amounts for 2023 right through to 2025?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Gunning perceive the inflation cost for 2023 to be more than the projected cost of €30 million for 2022?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Fair enough. Is €1.7 billion still the latest estimated total cost the board is willing to provide to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does that figure include or exclude the €585 million in additional costs claimed by the contractor?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: We have the €1.43 billion, the €585 million in existing claims, plus the inflation costs, which are €50 million at present but could rocket to €100 million or more. Is it fair to say the maximum cost could be as much as €2.4 billion or €2.5 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: I accept that, but if it transpires they are a cost-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: -----and that cost is €585 million, that is additional. That is an extra cost.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Gunning cannot categorically rule it out either.