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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Were areas identified?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Where did that de-scoping exercise end up? Did it ever see the light of day?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Did Mr. Pollock put those forward as options and they never materialised? Is that basically it?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: To the board?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: The October 2017 minutes are quite astonishing because there is a sense that there was deep concern. There is no way there would be discussion of four possible options like that unless there was deep concern. I am aware of the €61 million, but I am also aware that there must have been concerns about other issues which brought the figure up to €200 million which Mr. Pollock was...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: That comes across clearly. It is strange that the GMP process had not been concluded. Mr. Sullivan was so concerned that he said an additional meeting would be needed, according to the minutes, but the next meeting was not until 10 December. This is quite confusing and I will say the following for the benefit of the pubic. The development board, of which Mr. Costello is chair, reports...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will not get a second chance because 35 minutes has been used up before I began.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: It has taken 35 minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Talk about ruining the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Chair's timing is great.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Sullivan was basically bypassed.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Sullivan was bypassed.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: What does Mr. Sullivan mean when he says he saw the report?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Normally reports would go through Mr. Sullivan, in fairness.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Did the development board not bypass Mr. Sullivan in August as well?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board informed the Department directly about its concerns about the €200 million in August. This is not the first time.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: To conclude, on the two occasions in August and November, meetings were not held but the National Hospital Development Board told Mr. Sullivan?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Considering Mr. Sullivan went through all the options-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Considering that Mr. Sullivan went through all the options before, and I have outlined how that is reflected in the minutes, it is frankly amazing that the group did not come together to make a recommendation to the board. The steering group was set up in order to make recommendations and get into the detail. The steering group had gone through the detail but never actually made any...