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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Did the board take legal advice on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Would the contractor be aware of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Gunning stated earlier that additional costs would fall into the arena of national construction inflation, healthcare policy change, statutory changes and employment orders. On the additional legal fees from 2020 to 2022 which Mr. Gunning discussed with Deputy Shortall, No. 185 of the 2016 regulations on procurement guidelines for goods and services states: A contract may be modified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Is Mr. Gunning satisfied that none of the services for which the board invited tenders have exceeded the 150% constraint?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I take Mr. Gunning's points to other Deputies that he cannot give us a completion date. However, are we talking about substantial completion or does that include the commissioning process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: For a building of this complexity and considering the requirement of evidence-based design in the commissioning, that could be a considerable period. Does Mr. Gunning have a timeframe for that, given that he cannot give a date? Is it eight weeks or six months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: When we come back in January and, perhaps, get a date for completion, we will add ten months onto that date. I wanted to get that clear. I want to get one question in before my time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay, nine months. I want to get one question in before my time is up. As I just pointed out, healthcare systems require a large interaction with proprietary systems and commissioning, more so than most projects, both in building components and that evidence-based design piece where one needs medical professionals to come in and interact with things. Significant delays will be quite likely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: How can we do that when no work programme has been agreed to?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the big lift upgrade initiative of Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works at Clontarf road station and Raheny station as part the big lift upgrade initiative of Iarnród Éireann. [36330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider reviewing the national framework for living with Covid-19 level 3 restrictions to allow for swimming lessons in pods of up to 15 persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if time spent as a stamp 2 visa holder counts towards the three out of five years needed to be considered ordinarily resident for applications for Springboard+ courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Complaints Procedures (17 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: 728. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue HSE human resource grievance, appeal and investigation processes through all levels of Covid-19 restrictions and future lockdowns; the longest period for which a grievance process was suspended during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36318/20]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the Bill. I wish to highlight some issues relating to the changing landscape of financial services and taxation that we are likely to see arise in a post-Brexit Europe. Although the Bill is sorely needed, it is something of a missed opportunity to implement more robust measures in the sector of financial services and taxation. In all the current uncertainty surrounding Brexit and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for attending. I refer to the housing category and the exceptional and urgent needs payment. That would have provided support through the payment of rent deposits, rent in advance and assistance towards furniture and household appliances. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report states there was a lower number of claims than predicted, that it included some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. Is Mr. McKeon satisfied that in the transfer of those responsibilities to Cork, it received suitable funding to meet the shortfall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: It met the funding. I wish to turn to control reviews. There is much detailed information and I thank the Department for that. Regarding the control reviews and results in the control process, can Mr. McKeon update the committee on the work undertaken since the report, in terms of making sure the reports that are emerging are timely?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: What will be the timeline for that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 – Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 4 – Control over Welfare Payments (12 Nov 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: I am trying to understand the process. Is it a desktop exercise?