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

Róisín Shortall: When does Mr. Gunning expect that will be?

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

Róisín Shortall: It is highly unsatisfactory that Mr. Gunning cannot answer any of our questions here today. This is not an acceptable way for a public body to operate. We are wasting our time here. I completely agree with the proposal that we invite the board in again in January, I believe, with preset questions that list the information we want and to which the public and the taxpayer should be entitled....

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

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry but if Mr. Gunning is coming in here supposedly to talk to us about the costs and to account for the work of the board, it is reasonable that he should be able to tell us the additional payments that have been made to BAM at this stage.

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

Róisín Shortall: An additional €200 million has been paid over and above the contract price. In addition-----

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

Róisín Shortall: It was €200 million.

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

Róisín Shortall: I beg your pardon. It is €2 million. I misheard that.

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

Róisín Shortall: As of now, the board has agreed with BAM that there is an outstanding €2 million that needs to be paid. When Mr. Gunning refers to hundreds of claims, that equates to substantial additional legal costs. What level of legal fees were pre-approved in the figure of €1.43 billion? What is the extent of the additional fees incurred this year? How much has been pre-approved for...

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

Róisín Shortall: What is that figure that the board is estimating to cover that bucket of fees?

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

Róisín Shortall: Has that figure been approved by the Government?

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

Róisín Shortall: What period does that figure of €15 million cover? We know from the Comptroller and Auditor General the level of legal costs up to 2019.

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

Róisín Shortall: Is that under discussion?

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

Róisín Shortall: Has the board revised those figures which the Comptroller and Auditor General produced for the previous three years in terms of legal fees?

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

Róisín Shortall: Were there any legal fees pre-approved in the €1.43 billion figure?

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

Róisín Shortall: What is the figure?

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

Róisín Shortall: It would be good if the board could provide that figure.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: He has accepted the overpayment.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is shocking.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State said he was hopeful. Being hopeful is not enough when €10 million is involved.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the error on the part of the Office of Public Works, OPW, in calculating the rent for the Department of Health facility at Miesian Plaza was discovered; when the rental payment was revised; the reason for any gap between discovery and revision; the steps that will be taken to recoup the rent; the reason for delays in recouping the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the issue of the exposure of the State to a potential overspend or overpayment of rent for a complex, Miesian Plaza on Baggot Street, which has been rented for use by a number of Departments, and the failure to date to recoup the over payment of rent. Perhaps the Minister of State could provide an update on exactly what action is being taken.