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- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: In contracts, there is a penalty clause because of delays by builders. What is the story on the penalty clauses that are in place and can they be used as a bargaining tool in relation to new claims being made by the builder?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Do those sanctions put the board in a bargaining position in dealing with the additional claims being made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I fully accept Mr. Gunning does not want to declare-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Deputy Munster asked earlier about possible delays as a result of claims being made. The contractor has no right to delay the opening of the hospital once it is substantially completed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I want to clarify that because it was a bit unclear when Mr. Gunning replied. If I buy a house and do not pay the builder for additional work, he can refuse to close the sale. This situation is not the same.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: It was outlined already that the board is trying to fast-track some of the checking processes. The builder cannot prevent the hospital from putting in place cross-checking of equipment, etc., and the whole system inside there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: So the builders cannot interfere.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I will touch on the computerisation issue. Some maternity hospitals have put in place a computerised system. What is the link between the maternity hospitals and the computer system the witnesses are doing? Will there be a connection between them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I understand at one stage we had something like 1,700 different computer systems in the HSE and one would not talk to the other. I am wondering are we sure we can get all of this in order.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Where are we with computerisation in the existing children's hospitals in terms of it being transferred over? We are talking about a huge transfer of staff, patients and information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Will the transfer from paper to electronic only start when patients start to be transferred?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Will there not then be a long period, probably nearly six months, when there will be a huge workload involved in transferring information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Will there be connection between the other children’s units around the country as regards computerisation? If I am transferring a child from CUH in Cork to the new hospital, will the records in Cork be computerised and capable of being transferred over?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: I have come across a scenario in a hospital where records were computerised but a section of the hospital refused to computerise. As a result, there were two files, one manual and one computerised, which caused----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Okay. Thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Where are we with regard to that document? Have we got a formal reply?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Okay, my apologies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Were people from the horse racing industry to come back before us? One of them could come before us in the morning. Were they to come back before us or are we waiting for further information from them? On the morning they came before us, they announced that one of the people-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)
Colm Burke: Were they to come back before us?