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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: He is the procurement specialist in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: He is the head of the Office of Government Procurement.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: -----and he was put on the board to protect the public interest but if something arises at a board meeting he cannot report it back to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform because it has to go through the formal reporting lines set out in legislation.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Okay, so he can.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: The reason I ask this is because we were told earlier the escalating costs were first brought to the attention of the board in June 2018. They were not brought to the attention of the Department of Health or the HSE until late August 2018. However, the head of procurement in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was sitting on the board aware of these escalating costs. He is on...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Does Mr. Costello mean becoming public knowledge?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: So-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: The reporting structure is also set out in legislation in terms of what information should be brought to the Minister. It speaks about relevant information being brought in an appropriate timely manner, and I will get to that in a couple of seconds. In terms of the governance structure, a number of subcommittees were established by the executive board. There was the finance committee,...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: How many meetings did it have in 2018? I know there were 11 in 2017.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It was a similar number. To pin this down, is Mr. Costello now saying the finance subcommittee was aware of the escalating costs before the executive board was aware of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Mr. Costello probably does not have it but I would like to know the date the finance subcommittee first discussed the escalating cost. Since 10 a.m. today we have gone from late August 2018 to June 2018 to a time before the executive board became aware in 2018. I would like to know when the escalating costs were first brought to the attention of either the subcommittee or the executive...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: So it was late August.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: How did the finance sub-committee identify the escalating costs? Did somebody from the main contractors come to it and have a conversation? Was it done through meetings with it, letters or emails? How did the finance sub-committee become aware of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Who is on the executive team?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Mr. Pollock knew about the escalating costs before the executive board knew about them.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: We are talking about the significant escalation of costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am leaving that aside. That is in the halfpenny place compared to what we are dealing with now. When would Mr. Pollock have first become aware of the significant escalation of costs - the difference between the 2017 and 2018 figures - or that there was an issue relating to it?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: So it was on budget up to June.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: So around €40 million was identified, which triggered alarm bells.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: When did it come in?