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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Was the underdevelopment of that design a product of the two-stage process or was it a failure elsewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: What we heard from Mr. Quinn and what was in the PwC report was that all of these design packages came in at the tail end, as Mr. Quinn put it. Did the escalation take place then, when the board really became aware of increased costs in respect of the design? Is that what Mr. Quinn was saying earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Was that a consequence of the two-stage process? Was the two-stage process inherently flawed for the project that was being developed?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Would it be fair to say that the main driver of the two-stage process was timeframes and that there was pressure to get this done quickly?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Going back to the PwC report in respect of accountability, the question of sufficient tension between the executive and the board was mentioned earlier. Mr. Quinn says there was sufficient challenge and Mr. Farragher says the same but PwC says different. How did PwC arrive at a different conclusion? Mr. Farragher was saying earlier, although he did not fully expand on it, that he felt...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: While Mr. Farragher says it could be a little bit better, PwC was very clear that there was not sufficient challenge between the executive and the board. It is a bit concerning, when the main thing we want is to have learnings, if there is not acceptance that there was a difficulty or an issue and if we can casually dismiss the PwC recommendations. Mr. Barry earlier on said the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I gave notice to the Chair and the Secretary General that I wanted to raise a local issue which has been covered very extensively nationally. I refer to the mortuary in Waterford and the reporting of very concerning claims that were made by four consultant pathologists. The Minister for Health has said there will be a review of the operations of the mortuary. Can Mr. Breslin and Mr. Curran...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I will look at two very specific issues that are of concern. The claim made by the four consultant pathologists was that bodies were decomposing on trolleys and some families could not wake their loved ones in open caskets but the hospital group is saying it had no evidence of that. These are very serious claims. As it also was accepted by the pathologists and by the hospital that no...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Breslin.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (14 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 516. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is policy that artists who engage with bodies funded in part or whole with public funds should be paid for their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20517/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (14 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 517. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the oversight arrangements in place in her Department to ensure that artists are paid by bodies in receipt of public funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20518/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I always do.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise the Government's commitment in the programme for Government to higher levels of transparency and accountability in An Garda Síochána. Two issues arose in recent days that are of concern in that regard. The first is the view of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, that full accountability and transparency and its ability to do its job and hold...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I will cover the two issues. On the housing report, I do not think we should be too precious about the timing of elections because our report was not planned in that way. Having said that, the timing is coincidental; we are not ready to publish it. Will we have one more sitting to clear the report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: We need a timeline for when we will discuss it. Most likely the discussion will take place after the local elections simply because we have not done any work on it. On the broadband report, for a number of reasons it was correct not to proceed with the meeting yesterday. Obviously, we have the letter from Mr. Robert Watt, that is, the memo that was published yesterday. Given that we now...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Let me add one point to what the Chairman said because it is very rare for memos and reports of these types to be published. It is good that there is robust engagement between that Department and others. Then there is the response of the Secretary General of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, which is a welcome development. The Comptroller and Auditor General...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Or not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Are you going on a picket now or later?