Results 241-260 of 789 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Okay. We spoke at length this morning about the substantial completion date. It is really unfortunate that NPHDB received the latest programme review after close of business yesterday. How many other programme reviews has NPHDB received over the duration of this project? How long on average does it take NPHDB to analyse their contents?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: If we go to the last monthly update NPHDB received, ignoring yesterday’s, would that give Mr. Gunning confidence that September 2025 is doable?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Okay, so we are not confident.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I ask Mr. Gunning for the timeframe.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Can he furnish us with his most recent analysis?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I would appreciate it if Mr. Gunning could furnish us with the most recent analysis of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Brilliant.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: What is the average number of workers currently on site on a weekly or monthly basis? Is it an upwards or downwards trend or is it staying steady?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: There has essentially been a 30% decrease in staff on site from January to now.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: On note 13 of the financial statements, which we have covered quite considerably already, I have a question about the contingent liabilities directed to Mr. Gunning. What is the estimated liability if the court rules in favour of the contractor?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: With respect to the €107 million claim, what is the value of the bonds the contractor has-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: It is the full amount. Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: I appreciate that. I thank Mr. Gunning for his time. I will now turn to Ms Nugent. While I appreciate she spoke about transparency and openness in her opening statement and I appreciate the approach she has taken, maybe I am wrong but when we speak about training and preparation for meetings like this and then use those words in the same line as openness and transparency, it is a bit...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: The board instigated the mediation process. To use myself as an example, I have been on a number of fixed-term contracts. My expectation was that when that fixed term came to an end, I would no longer be a part of that contract. Why would the board instigate a process like that when the duration of the contract was coming to an end?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Was it a new role that was created for the former CEO?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Am I summarising correctly that it seems to be that a role was created for a person as opposed to a person being found for a role? As such, is that the CHI's recruitment policy?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: For individuals.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: That is okay. I appreciate that. Is there a job description available for that role?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Aidan Farrelly: Is that publicly available?