Results 461-480 of 629 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I understand.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I am caught for time. On legal costs so far, how much have we spent on legal costs defending our claims?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I am caught for time but might get a chance to come in again later. I will go briefly to Children's Health Ireland to finish on a different note. When this hospital is operational next year, will CHI give us a sense of what it will do for children's health? Will there be a seismic change in treatments and waiting lists? We need to get some sense of where we are with this. Obviously, the...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I appreciate it. I thank Ms Nugent for her response. I can see the passion coming through and I thank her for indulging that. It is important to see that side of the whole project as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I very much look forward to it becoming operational.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank everyone for staying with us this long. It is appreciated. I will go back to the big picture in terms of the opening of the hospital. Not to put words in Mr. Gunning's mouth, he indicated earlier that he has little or no confidence in the contractor. I am paraphrasing there. The opening date that Ms Nugent has given us of June of next year is predicated on the handover of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I understand. I am caught for time. The update that was received yesterday evening confirmed the September handover-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: -----but Mr. Gunning has not interrogated the detail.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: When was the last update in terms of a date and what was that date? When did the contractor previously indicate a date?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: As we draw closer, Mr. Gunning will be hoping that there will not be too much movement.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I will turn to Ms Nugent regarding the operation and the question of staffing. If the hospital is open in June of next year, will the additionality Ms Nugent referred to be there in June? Will the hospital be 100% operational or are we talking about a phased opening?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: In terms of additional equipment, I imagine there has to be a lot of equipment procured and sourced, etc. That is well under way.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Has some of that equipment arrived? Is it in storage? What are the logistics around that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: It is in warehouses, in storage and inside of the building.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: It is waiting to be used. I will make a final point, if I can. On Ronald McDonald House, which is a critical project, the indication is quarter 3 of this year. Did that project come in on budget on time?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Good.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: And Mr. Gunning is confident we will come in at that.
- Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for facilitating this debate, which we badly need to have. I do not want to repeat everything that has been said. The position is stark with 15,000 children waiting for assessments and very poor figures for those who get assessments within the six months. The overwhelming majority do not get assessments within the six months, which is a requirement under the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)
Séamus McGrath: That is no problem. I am delighted to have been elected as Vice Chair of this important committee. I look forward to working with the Chairperson and all the members. We all recognise that while this is a broad committee, housing is the number one issue for it and the Government. I want to work with everyone in a fair and balanced way to try to make progress on these issues. I will leave...