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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 they currently being adjudicated on and are efforts made to resolve them in real time? The development board is not postponing any of those or putting them into the future, is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Róisín Shortall: What is the expected timeline for resolving all of those claims?

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 asking about the estimated timeline on it.

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 would appreciate it if Mr. Gunning would. Is it not highly unlikely that those claims will be resolved by June of next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, thank you. That is Mr. Gunning's view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Róisín Shortall: My concern, which I voiced last year, is that there are so many outstanding legal claims that effectively the developer could have the board over a barrel when the opening day arrives. That is my concern and I am just repeating that concern. Mr. Gunning said the board is doing everything in its power to bring this project to completion. He said not an extra cent and so on. He talked...

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 said that. What is the third one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Róisín Shortall: How often has the board or a representative of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall is finished asking her questions. She got the last one in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: We got a briefing note yesterday as well from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board about the wheelchair issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: No problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Deputy. Senator Black is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: We will have a comfort break now for five minutes. When we resume, we will have a second round of questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions regarding the situation before I bring in members for a second round of questions. From talking to people about the national children's hospital, a fair assessment of it would be that it is a bit of a mess. That is the general consensus. There are two questions people would ask. One is when it will open, and there is no certainty in that regard, while the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: On the timeline, when does Mr. Gunning think the hospital is going to be fitted out? Has he any idea?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: On the last occasion the witnesses appeared before the committee, they spoke about the inadequate number of staff working on the hospital and that this was one of their key concerns at the time. Is there anything the board can do on the staffing element of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: What is BAM saying to the board on the staffing element? Is it a case that it cannot hire staff or has the contractor given the board any excuse?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: The other concern is where Mr. Gunning said that there are no rooms finished and he outlined the number of spaces there. BAM said that 3,128 rooms were completed as far as it was concerned. I am concerned, and it was mentioned when we suspended, about some of the machinery which has gone in. I refer to the likes of MRI and CAT scanners, which are worth millions of euro. Are those rooms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: Are those rooms prioritised with regard to that equipment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Crowe: When can those rooms be sealed off?