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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding and support she has provided to date for the commemoration of the Soloheadbeg ambush in County Tipperary. [1542/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if a new 50-bed permanent unit is in the HSE capital plan; if so, when it will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for future services in Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel; if there will be an increase of service provision at the hospital; if so, the details of same; when they will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1950/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I wish to clarify a point. Is the witness saying, effectively, he got the price of the cables but he did not know how many he would need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I welcome our guests. I will speak to them twice because I understand they will also appear before the Committee of Public Accounts on 31 January. This was a major topic of conversation over Christmas and the new year when politicians have time to reflect and talk to people at length. This will be a case study for years to come. It will affect future projects, as the Chairman outlined,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: How do board members communicate with each other?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I understand, but how do board members communicate with each other? Is it electronically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: How is information shared between members of the board? Is it electronically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Is it done using a consistent, dedicated NPHDB email address or members' private email addresses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is very simple. The board is a public body and information cannot be outside its circle. I am asking if all of the information is within the circle of that body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: As chairman, Mr. Costello can guarantee that there is no information outside it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Perfect. Mr. Costello might remind us of the reporting mechanism. To whom does he report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Specifically, to whom does Mr. Costello or Mr. Pollock report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Therefore, the reporting mechanism involves Mr. Costello or Mr. Pollock acting as PRO, for want of a better phrase. They communicate with Mr. Dean Sullivan who, in turn, reports to Mr. Jim Breslin, chairman of the other body. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am very interested in this. There are a number of critical decision-making milestones in the project. Obviously, there is the awarding of the tender. I have major concerns about the scale of the undercut by the contractor. It sets off alarm bells. There are examples in other projects, even large-scale projects, in this country which are well known. That was one critical milestone....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Good. That is a very honest answer. I thank Mr. Costello very much. The information behind those critical decisions will, dare I say it, help the board because, from a transparency point of view, it will help us. We just need to get to the bottom of this. We also, on behalf of the taxpayers, need to get to the process behind making a decision to proceed at the very top, from a Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: I am really asking about how that was communicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is my understanding that the first the HSE knew about this was in and around the middle of November. Would that be correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: There was a meeting in the HSE around the middle of November, which was absolutely mind-boggling to it. As politicians, we deal with the HSE all the time. I had been warned for months that I might as well forget about the 60 bed unit in Limerick hospital and the 50 bed unit in south Tipperary, both of which would be of concern to my constituency, about the national maternity strategy, about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: Obviously Dean Sullivan is not here. We should bring him in next week. I will be recommending that to the Committee of Public Accounts. I presume that would then have been communicated up the line to Jim Breslin pretty quickly.