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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Was a settlement figure ever put on the table as part of those talks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. Tierney is talking about time certainty but I am talking about a settlement figure. Will he inform the committee whether a settlement figure was put on the table during those talks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Is it the case that Mr. Tierney cannot say or that the Department was not informed by the board? A settlement figure for all outstanding claims may have been put forward in those talks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: I know they are but I am focused on the cost. That is the question I am asking. I appreciate Mr. Tierney's answer but I am asking whether an overall figure for the outstanding claims was put on the table and whether the Department was made aware of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: I am not asking Mr. Tierney to give me a figure. Did the board recommend the figure to the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Was any informal recommendation made by the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. Tierney is able to tell me that no formal recommendation was made by the board but he is unwilling to tell me whether there was an informal recommendation about an overall settlement figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister accept that in May of last year STS, which was appointed by CHI, identified what it says is a major generic fault in the design of the 11 operating theatres?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: We will come to that in a minute. The reason no decision has been made is because the board does not know what to do. We will come to that in a second. The Minister mentioned architects. STS consultants are employed by CHI. They are more than architects. They are experts in commissioning and are independent of the contractor. Is that not the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: That is where the problem is, is it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Let me stop Mr. Tierney there. He has acknowledged that they are experts in one area, airflow and ventilation, which probably shows where their expertise is. He said that no one is suggesting there is a problem. STS consultants suggest there is a problem. They told CHI there is a problem. These are not snag lists, but rather major generic faults that are indicative of the non-compliance...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: First of all-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Let me make this point-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: It is plain to me that there was a huge scramble around here after some of this information came into the public domain. Was a "stop works" order issued to the main contractor regarding the 11 operating theatres?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Was a "stop works" notice issued two weeks ago to the main contractor regarding the 11 operating theatres?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: I cannot be any clearer in my question. Was an order given? I know Mr. Tierney does not want to answer the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Let me make the case. Is it not the case that a "stop works" order was issued to the main contractor in respect of the 11 operating theatres two weeks ago?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: I am not asking about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: Has an order issued regarding the main contractor, the electrical contractor and the mechanical contractor to go into workshops to discuss how to deal with this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)
Pearse Doherty: To clarify, Mr. Tierney is stating on the record that a "stop works" notice was never issued to the main contractor regarding the 11 operating theatres.