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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is €97 million, if inflation is at 10%.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: What Minister is Mr. Quinn referring to?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is something the Committee of Public Accounts has to consider.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: Deputy MacSharry has had more than double the allotted time.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I did not say that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: Can I interrupt the Deputy? We have been here for over two hours. If someone needs to go out for five minutes, please do and come back. We have been able to go in and out from our side of the fence. The meeting will continue. If somebody wants to go out for five minutes, they can do so. I do not think there is any need to suspend the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: The information we received from the HSE for this meeting includes Statutory Instrument No. 246 of 2007, which refers to three members being nominated by the chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: It would be helpful if we got the current position from the HSE rather than that from 12 years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: l ask the HSE to send us a formal outline of the current position because I read that and-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We have completed our first round of questions. The vote in the Dáil will take place in an hour so we are not going to conclude without a break. I will suspend the meeting for five minutes. Do the members think we can complete our deliberations within the remaining hour before the vote takes place in the Dáil? If there is co-operation, there will be strict ten-minute slots. We...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: If we continue, we can conclude by then.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is why I am suspending the meeting for five minutes. Are our guests happy with a five-minute suspension?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are back in public session and will make every effort to conclude before votes in the Dáil. The speakers will be Deputies O'Connell, Connolly, Murphy and Cullinane. We will have strict ten minute slots because we will not get out of here if people go beyond that and we all want to make an effort to leave before divisions.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy only has two minutes left.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy's ten minutes are up. I ask the witnesses to briefly reply.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: As we are on a tight timetable, I ask Mr. Barry to send a note to the committee on the point raised by Deputy O'Connell.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are short on time and must move on.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: At this stage a votáil has been called in the Chamber.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have a few questions on that precise issue. Given that the company was wrong to some extent, which the board must quantify, what comeback has the board against the company, in terms of financial comeback, for advice that did not stand up? Has the board pursued the matter? This project is costing the Irish taxpayer money. Somebody made mistakes in terms of the cost and the obvious...