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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Either the Minister has signed off on that money or he has not.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: I am sorry; I do not want to be rude. I zoned in on one specific project. That is what I am asking about. I understand the process which Mr. Curran has outlined. I am asking a specific question regarding one project. Is there a risk that the project will not be delivered as quickly as we hoped because of this overrun?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: So Mr. Breslin cannot tell me the answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: I am outraged by that. All Oireachtas Members representing the south east got a clear commitment on this issue from the Minister for Health. As Mr. Breslin will be aware, a large demonstration regarding this issue was held on the streets of Waterford as well. People will be outraged that, when a Minister is telling us that we have the money, Mr. Breslin is telling us that there is still a...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: That is not my point. My point is that we should have been told that. Mr. Breslin is missing the point. It is not just this project, but all the others. We should have been told that was the case, but we were not. We were told by the Minister for Health that there was no problem and that the money had been signed off. It seems the money has not been signed off because there is still a...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: I have given Mr. Breslin my opinion. I will return to this issue during Leaders' Questions with the Tánaiste because this is a matter for Government to sort out. I refer to the figures on page 3 of Mr. Pollock's opening statement. The Cathaoirleach helpfully dealt with some of this at the start of the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: That context was necessary, however long it took. I am again unhappy with the way in which these figures were presented, and I will explain why. The February 2017 figure of €983 million includes the €637 million going to the contractors and separate moneys for the other areas which were not covered by the contractors. This means that the overall cost was €983 million....
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: I do not have a lot of time and, to be fair, that does not answer my question. As the Cathaoirleach also noted, when looking at the figures, it should be a like-for-like comparison. The €983 million was the overall cost but the €1.4 billion underneath is not. The overall cost is closer to €1.7 billion. I asked a straight question. Mr. Pollock has answered the...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Does Mr. Costello know what the figure is?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Will he give it to me?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Let us just look at the bottom-line figures. BAM gave a figure in its tender because this was a bidding process. The bidding process involved a number of tenderers. I understand BAM's tender came in well under the other tenders. I believe it was €130 million lower. In terms of bottom-line figures and percentages, BAM's tender was for €637 million. How much more than this...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: How much is that? Is it more than €100 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Ironically, and coincidentally, that is almost the same amount of money as the difference between that company and the next highest bidder in the tender process.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: I have two short questions, and I will return to this matter later. I have to take Leader's Questions in the Dáil. Mr. Pollock spoke about a report from 2017, which examined savings. Was cutting the Blanchardstown satellite centre ever considered?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Or an alarm.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Take the item out and destroy it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: That is our briefing document.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: The witnesses might not have that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)
David Cullinane: Yes.