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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is that a "Yes" or a "No"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I did not ask the Secretary General that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: We can decide if it is in the State's interest. If, as a committee, we give a commitment to keep the report, if furnished, confidential, does Mr. Watt have a difficulty in supplying the report? He has cast an aspersion that it would be published.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Watt asked who would take accountability if it was leaked.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Well, I am going to ask the Chair and the Comptroller and Auditor General, before my time is up,-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----if it is possible for us, as a committee, to receive this report on a confidential basis for our information, and not to publish it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is it fair to say that the Secretary General does not have the final determination on whether we should receive the report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I seek a quick clarification from Mr. Watt. He said the children's hospital was 55% complete. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: We need clarity on that because, based on the information Mr. Watt gave to the Committee of Public Accounts on Tuesday, €873 million is to be drawn down and that would represent 60% of the overall budget. If he is saying it is less than 60%, that would give a significant overrun. If it was 55%, which is what I think he said, that would bring us up to €1.6 billion. Will Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: So 60% of the budget being drawn down does not equate to 60% of the project being complete. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is in Mr. Watt's correspondence. It refers to €873 million of €1.433 billion, which is, as he says in his letter, the approved budget for the capital project. It remains at €1.433 billion. Is he saying the €873 million that is being drawn down at year end 2021 is not representative of the completion stage, which he said was 60%? Today he said 55%.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: It would have a significant impact. There would be a significant increase in the budget. Does the €1.433 billion include what Children's Health Ireland budget would be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: No, so that is an extra €300 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes, but should we hold it for a period? I have not had an opportunity to review it and I have not been able to comment on it. If other members want to agree to publish it, that is no problem, but will it then be too late to write back to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Perhaps we could leave it until our next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Do we need two separate meetings for TII and the NTA? Perhaps my view is blinkered but one meeting might suffice for those two bodies.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Okay. Deputy Catherine Murphy mentioned that we will probably invite the Department of Heath back in, and that might be sooner rather than later, given that today's meeting was dominated by the national children's hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on recent engagements between his Department, the Department of Health and the Revenue Commissioners in regard to the interim secondary use of the Kilrane State Facility, Kilrane, County Wexford for overflow HGV parking to alleviate the road safety issues at Rosslare Europort and surrounding areas; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has to address the carbon dioxide trap that is the toll at Dublin Port Tunnel; if he recognises the urgent need to remove the toll to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with the relevant stakeholders to secure additional freight capacity through Rosslare Europort to further support the import and export trade and supply chain management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62293/21]