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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Is that grade 10?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: There are 81 grade 8 or above staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: From CHI's report, I can see that there are 81 grade 8 or above staff at the hospital. When grade 8 was established across the HSE in 2005, there were only eight grade 8 staff in total. It seems like there is a huge amount of staff now. Will Ms Nugent confirm whether the former CEO is at the same grade as herself?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: On her retaining her salary at CHI, she had been on two fixed-term contracts. We know that she was then, subsequent to mediation, offered a fixed-term contract. Is that what she is on now?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Is the former CEO on a fixed-term contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Regardless of what contract she has been offered, she is probably on what we call a contract of indefinite duration, so she is now a permanent employee of the hospital. Did the Department of Health know she was going to be staying on in this new role?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I presume that, as part of the mediation agreement, CHI had its own lawyers and was aware it was retaining her in what would turn into a full-time contract of indefinite duration with all the ancillary benefits that go with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Does the Department of Health wish to comment?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: The Department of Health was kept abreast during the whole process of the mediation agreement?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Regarding litigation claims, we know the contractor has made claims of up to €853 million in costs. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Apologies. The board has potential claims against BAM for €31.5 million under the terms of contract. I believe Mr. Gunning gave that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: They are the liquidated damages that the board might possibly reclaim. There are also PC sums that must be worked out and other ancillary claims that are perhaps available. I am a TD for Dublin South-Central. The hospital is in the heart of the constituency. There are many houses around the perimeter of the hospital that have had different claims, perhaps against the board of CHI,...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Sorry. I meant to refer to Mr. Gunning.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Are those amounts already accounted for?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: One of my colleagues asked the question of how long the board would be in existence. A period of 18 months after the guarantee was mentioned, or was it once the guarantees expired?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Mr. Gunning intimated that the development board may be engaging in its own litigation. Mr. Gunning mentioned the €31 million that could stem from litigation. Obviously, that litigation could take more than 18 months.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Obviously, the board will have to continue as is until all the disputes are resolved.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Otherwise, the development board will not be able to recoup moneys due to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Even for the legal entity to remain so that money can be paid over.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: That is all. I wish the witnesses the best of luck and I hope the hospital opens in June. Looking at it from the sky, it is a fantastic piece of architecture. The taxpayers are disgusted at the cost. There is a sentiment out there that people spending taxpayers' money do not take as much care as when they are spending their own money. I mean that across the board. We all need to be...