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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Imelda Munster: It was an issue in the theatres.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Imelda Munster: The witnesses can say categorically that scaffolding will not need to be erected should a problem arise with the electric window openers in the glass ceiling of the roof of the hospital.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Imelda Munster: Are we still on target for the 60 ICU beds?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: The meeting is suspended for ten minutes. We will come back to this after the break.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will continue with some of the issues that we were discussing earlier. I have a question for Mr. Devine on the issue with the windows. We have established there is a centralised system and if there is a fire, the windows would have to close automatically. We have established that, in some places, scaffolding might have to be put up to go the whole way up the six storeys. Mr. Devine...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: That equipment would be very sensitive to moisture and we know it would be very easy to disrupt computers and electrical mechanisms. I saw photographs in recent days of some of the equipment that is being fitted to control the windows which was left out in the rain. I saw photographs where the equipment is damaged, and there is rust and water marks on the equipment. Has Mr. Devine seen that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I know they are all installed. I will come to that in a minute. Is it correct to say that? My information, which is fairly reliable, is that despite the fact they were damaged - the people who were installing them may or may not have had any control over this - when people pointed out that there might be issues, they were told to install them anyway. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am reliably informed that they were outdoors. I have seen the photographs, including of the damage done to them. I am also reliably informed that the people installing them pointed this out but were told to go ahead anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am also informed that there could be capacity issues in the overall system. Has anything like that been brought to the board’s attention?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: In the overall capacity of the mechanisms controlling the windows.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: This information is second-hand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Would it have serious consequences for the project’s snagging and final completion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I wish to ask about the snagging. Regardless of the project, be it building a house or something else, there is a snagging time, a warranty time and a bond.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: What is the snagging time on this project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: And if it goes beyond that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I understand. That is acceptable. At 18 months, the period to address any problems that arise is fairly long. We discussed the levers. Mr. Gunning mentioned several times that the board is using all of the levers to keep the contractor’s feet to the fire, for want of a better term, and ensure that work is done properly. To date, however, the levers available to the board have...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: How much?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am concerned about this. In the contract that the Department and the OGP oversaw, is it correct to say that there is only retention of €2.5 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is there a risk that the contractor might see that amount as small change, given the scale of this project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. Devine agree that that is a weak lever, given the history of this project? There has been insufficient capacity, there have not been enough people on site, there have been delays and there is an absence of a programme to bring it to completion. Each time the board has appeared before us, questions have been raised about the work programme. That programme would show what stages...