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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Devine has commented and drawn it on himself by making the statement. If I heard it correctly - Mr. Devine can correct me - Mr. Tierney said that the only template was Heathrow and it did not fit. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: What lessons were learned?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Imagine what they are going to learn from us.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: I am not sure whether it fits, but huge lessons will be learned here. I appreciate it is not easy for witnesses to sit there. However, we have a responsibility to the public and there is no point in hoodwinking them. There will be an exponential increase in the final cost of this hospital. We should be aware of it and not minimise it. We did not see it coming in 2016 when the contracts...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Sorry, that is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: It is fair to say-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: It is pertinent now that when the Government decides not to curb inflation in any shape or form - there is no money tree and there is little it can do - the costs of these projects grow exponentially. The very same applies to them. The contract is indexed, end of story. We will be way over and above that. I cannot say whose fault it is, but many lessons need to be learned. Our national...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: I might ask another question because I know that some of our members have been delayed. Where do we stand with legal costs to defend all the claims for 2022? The last figure we got was for 2020 which was €2.3 million. I presume we have prepared counterclaims etc. in the interim. What is the expected cost for litigation up to 2022?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: I presume it is well in excess of the €2.3 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: It will be 2021 and 2022. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General can clarify. Do we have a figure for 2021?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: I ask Mr. Gunning not to come back and say they are not settled and cannot be ascertained. However, there would be some form-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Projection-wise.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Will that be for 2021 and 2022?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: We are in the middle of it. While it is conjecture, I have a question about when it comes to settling. There are four claims in the High Court. Is that not correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: At the last report there were four.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: At the last stage there were four. Are two settled?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: To whose advantage? That is not a trick question.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Devine might know the answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: When were they settled?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)
Verona Murphy: Who settled them? Who was involved in the settlement?