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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I will be coming back to a lot of these questions. I just want to get the information so I can go straight into what I would have thought were the more awkward questions when we come back after the break. There were a number of sub-committees set up under the development board, such as the internal audit and financial control committees. Could Mr. Pollock talk me through the process? We...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: That was in June.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: So it was June when the development board knew of the escalating costs-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: -----and it would not have been until August, until the development board briefed the HSE and the Department of those escalating costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Okay. Is Mr. Pollock saying the development board knew before the sub-committees?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Of the significant overruns which were starting to come through in June 2018.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I will be coming back to that because even in the development board's own handbook there are specific functions of the finance committee which I would like to discuss with Mr. Pollock after lunch. This is just to put him on notice that I will be delving into the sub-committees and their role in this whole process.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am keen to clarify the role of Mr. Paul Quinn. He was there on behalf of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. He sits on the board. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is that not a conflict? He is a procurement specialist in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which is the Department responsible for the public purse, and he is sitting on a board.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: He is there in a private capacity. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If something is discussed at a board meeting that could affect the public purse, he is unable to report back to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform because he is not there in his capacity as a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform official or employee. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I will get to them but I am asking this question.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Three members were appointed to the board to represent the interests of the general public. Who were they? I ask the Chairman for extra time given that the answers are not coming promptly.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: That is fine and I might not even take them all.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am sure the chair of the board should be able to tell me who the three members appointed to represent the interests of the general public were.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: This is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: You sat on a board with them for the past five years-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: The legislation states the membership of the board shall consist of 13 persons. The chairperson is appointed by the Minister, we know who that is, and 12 ordinary members are appointed by the Minister, three of whom are appointed to represent the interests of the general public and three others are appointed on the nomination of the chairperson and perhaps the chairperson will tell me who...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Tim Bouchier Hayes.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Mr. Paul Quinn was nominated by the Minister to protect the public interest.