Results 261-280 of 1,037,512 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Paul Donnelly OR speaker:Róisín Shortall)
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The board has said that, but surely the problem is the board’s helplessness or powerlessness in addressing that and how this has dragged on for three years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there any pathway to a resolution in the foreseeable future?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: No. We have spent this whole meeting discussing the problems associated with the project, how the board is helpless and how this is the contractor’s problem. What is the pathway out of this quagmire?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It has not done that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: For how long will the board wait?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Can the board take the contractor to the High Court over a breach of contract as regards those two issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am not speaking about “several disputes”. I am referring to these fundamental aspects of the works.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. Gunning has spelled those out. They have not worked. That is the problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: For how long do we wait? We cannot wait any longer. The board shrugging its shoulders does not give us any confidence whatsoever. Is there room for a political initiative-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: This is my last question. Is there room for a political initiative to be taken in respect of this logjam?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Where do we go from here? How do we make sure we do not repeat these mistakes with the contract? What representation does the board have from the Department of public expenditure and NDP delivery? What representation does it have from the Office of Government Procurement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is what contract? What word did Mr. Devine use?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Are there any permanent representatives on the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there no replacement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is a procurement issue-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: They do not have expertise in procurement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The board does not have any expert-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Not very well, it seems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: On contract law, is there-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: -----expertise on contract law?