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

Alan Kelly: The principal decision.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (31 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the timelines for the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I congratulate the Minister and his wife on their fantastic arrival and wish health and happiness to the three of them. The Minister referred to transparency. From a transparency point of view, I have asked a number of parliamentary questions and the Secretary General came back to me today, in fairness. However, I had to go to the Ceann Comhairle and directly to the Minister to get the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I presume the Minister will be able to send that submission on to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: At that stage it was at €983 million, but the Minister knew there was a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will not get into the whole problem because I do not have time. I broke down the figures with the board two weeks ago. There was a figure of €140 million, in addition to the €60 million, and the extra €250 million brought it to €450 million. On 18 September the Minister answered a parliamentary question to the effect that the projected cost was still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Does the figure of €1.73 billion include the escalation in the cost of maintenance of the building? Has the fact that costs have risen also multiplied maintenance costs? That has to be the case. My questions are very specific and I ask the Minister not to ignore any of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: That explains the answer to the parliamentary question on 18 September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: It could not have been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Minister knew that the costs were higher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: When did the Secretary General inform the Department of the Taoiseach, formally or informally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: What date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am aware of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I will remind Mr. Breslin of my three questions. My main question was related to the reporting mechanism, to which there were four layers. The question was who knew what and when and whether somebody had been bypassed. The second question was when was the chief executive of the HSE specifically informed. My third question was related to maintenance costs. The first question is very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I ask Mr. Breslin to address briefly my points on the knowledge of the chief executive and the maintenance costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I ask Mr. Breslin to address the maintenance costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Are those costs included?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the individual who we will not name and who was on the board based on competency in tendering and procurement. The Minister informed the Taoiseach and the Department of Public Expenditure of the overrun in November, whether formally or informally. That individual works in the Department of Finance, and did not go back to that Department or the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am merely posing the question. It would seem bizarre. This is a national scandal. It is no reflection on the person, but given the position he or she held and where he or she works, it seems bizarre. I want to get it straight. The Minister found out about this in August, as we have heard. Until November, the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: There were no communications between the Department of Health at a political or administrative level with anyone in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of the Taoiseach or any other Department until the middle of November.