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

David Cullinane: Mr. Gunning cannot answer the question. I have asked him for even an estimate but he cannot give an answer.

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

David Cullinane: That is unsatisfactory. The reason I am coming back in is that the question has not been answered. It is deeply unfortunate that Mr. Gunning is not in a position to give an estimate or even some indication as to when the completion date will be. He said that, "despite ongoing engagement with the main contractor, we are still without a valid works programme that is in line with its...

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

David Cullinane: Is that a breach of the contract?

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

David Cullinane: It is a breach of the contract.

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

David Cullinane: We have established so far that we do not have a revised completion date. We have also established that there is at least one breach of the contract and that there is a penalty in place in terms of the 15% of moneys invoiced every month. Mr. Gunning also says, "In response to the contractor's reported delays and lack of compliant works programme, that...the executive are interrogating the...

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

David Cullinane: So we have now established there are 600 claims and €200 million in dispute. Mr. Gunning also says that the dispute resolution process has been activated across a range of levels to deal with issues such as employers' representative, project board, conciliation and adjudication. They have all been used. There is one case before the High Court. Mr. Gunning gave some indication...

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

David Cullinane: But I specifically asked if it is to do with design?

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

David Cullinane: But the contractor, BAM, in response to an article in The Sunday Business Post, which I assume Mr. Gunning saw, said that the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has still not provided BAM with a fully completed, co-ordinated design. Does Mr. Gunning dispute that?

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

David Cullinane: That is the source of the dispute is it not, from BAM's perspective?

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

David Cullinane: Mr. Gunning also says that the board was using all levers available to it to work through the contractual process. I wish to ask Mr. Gunning a very direct question. I am putting this question for a specific purpose so I need him to answer the question very directly. Has the board ever considered pulling the plug on BAM and killing the contract? Has there ever been a discussion at board...

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

David Cullinane: I want to be very clear with Mr. Gunning about the termination option, to be fair to him as well. That is why I asked this question. Is he saying that there was discussion at board level on potentially terminating the contract with BAM, as one of the options that the board was looking it?

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

David Cullinane: I take that is a "Yes".

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

David Cullinane: Mr. Gunning says in his opening statement that this is a complex project and the contract is unique. I think he could go an awful lot further and say that it is a mess. It is bogged down in delays, controversy and escalating costs. The board is not in a position today to give us a revised timeframe. It is not in a position today to give us the total costs. We were told before that it...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional funding for health capital projects will be made available in the context of a capacity deficit following from the Covid-19 pandemic and associated operational difficulties and delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when austerity cuts to public health sector pay will be restored; when pay inequality within healthcare professions will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training pathways, including third-level undergraduate and postgraduate pathways, currently in place for each of the medical professions; the numbers availing of these annually; the cost per person for each pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the services offered by the HSE for which there is a waiting list; the median and mean wait time on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36163/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 700. To ask the Minister for Health when the current round of discussions on the new supply and pricing of medicines agreement will conclude; when he expects to have a replacement agreement in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36213/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 741. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); the situation regarding access to and availability of gastric bypass surgery; the number of persons on waiting lists for surgery for morbid obesity by wait times on a six-monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36418/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Nov 2020)

David Cullinane: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidelines on water births; if the HSE has advised that homebirthing parents can no longer have water births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36443/20]