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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Given the number of moving parts in this project, I do not think anybody - the Minister or God almighty - is in a position to state that, so we will come back to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: At the present rate of progress, and I am thinking of the capacity, the number of people on site and progress as it is now and has been throughout this year so far, can Mr. Gunning say that it is possible, according to the current level of progress?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: It slipped by 40%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: It slipped by 40%, approximately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: If you are driving a car at 100 km/h and you are going to Cork, you will get there at the set time of what it takes, but if you drive at 60 km/h, it will take longer. Yes? Okay. We will suspend the meeting for ten minutes-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Munster has told me she has a Dáil engagement later on, so to facilitate her, I am going to allow the meeting to run for ten minutes more before we break. Deputy Munster can go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: The meeting is suspended for ten minutes. We will come back to this after the break.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will continue with some of the issues that we were discussing earlier. I have a question for Mr. Devine on the issue with the windows. We have established there is a centralised system and if there is a fire, the windows would have to close automatically. We have established that, in some places, scaffolding might have to be put up to go the whole way up the six storeys. Mr. Devine...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: That equipment would be very sensitive to moisture and we know it would be very easy to disrupt computers and electrical mechanisms. I saw photographs in recent days of some of the equipment that is being fitted to control the windows which was left out in the rain. I saw photographs where the equipment is damaged, and there is rust and water marks on the equipment. Has Mr. Devine seen that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I know they are all installed. I will come to that in a minute. Is it correct to say that? My information, which is fairly reliable, is that despite the fact they were damaged - the people who were installing them may or may not have had any control over this - when people pointed out that there might be issues, they were told to install them anyway. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am reliably informed that they were outdoors. I have seen the photographs, including of the damage done to them. I am also reliably informed that the people installing them pointed this out but were told to go ahead anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am also informed that there could be capacity issues in the overall system. Has anything like that been brought to the board’s attention?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: In the overall capacity of the mechanisms controlling the windows.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: This information is second-hand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Would it have serious consequences for the project’s snagging and final completion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I wish to ask about the snagging. Regardless of the project, be it building a house or something else, there is a snagging time, a warranty time and a bond.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: What is the snagging time on this project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: And if it goes beyond that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I understand. That is acceptable. At 18 months, the period to address any problems that arise is fairly long. We discussed the levers. Mr. Gunning mentioned several times that the board is using all of the levers to keep the contractor’s feet to the fire, for want of a better term, and ensure that work is done properly. To date, however, the levers available to the board have...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: How much?