Results 41-60 of 1,041,505 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Jackie Cahill)
- 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 ER has been working on this 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: I know, but Mr. Gunning said that there had not been a compliant programme since 2021.
- 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 still does not have a satisfactorily compliant programme. This has gone 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: The question of adequate resourcing for the project has also dragged on for a number of 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 it not a legally binding requirement of the contract that the contractor must produce an up-to-date and satisfactorily compliant programme?
- 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 penalty in circumstances where that basic requirement is not met?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Yesterday, we heard from the Minister for public expenditure that lessons had been learned. He did not specify what those lessons were, but it was very much a mea culpa thing. Mr. Gunning is saying that the public works contract is the problem – that is what I am picking up from him – and that that is the reason the board appears to be helpless in these circumstances.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Has the board made recommendations to the Government about the changes to the public works contract that are required? At some other point when there is time, the board might share the lessons it has learned from its experience in this case.
- 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?