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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: The purpose of the meeting today is for the joint committee to receive an update in relation to the progress being made in the development of the new national children's hospital, as well as expenditure issues and trends in relation to the development. The committee last considered this major project in the development of health services for children in October 2022. To enable the committee...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: We have the statement. Let us hear what Mr. Gunning has to say and people can-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: Witnesses can also depart from the actual written statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: I would prefer-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Gunning. I will move straight away to questions from members, beginning with Senator Kyne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: Can you clarify something, Mr. Gunning? You talk about the claim. Is that the Covid claim? Is that still outstanding or has it been resolved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: Thank you. I will move on to Deputy Hourigan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: On the same issue, is this additional spending in respect of the building or was it in the original costings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: Okay. I thank Mr. Devine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: We will have a break in a few minutes, but before we go, on this question of the capital request to Government, Mr. Gunning said he is not prepared to give that information. Is it because he feels that it would weaken his case with BAM or is it just a courtesy thing that he does not want to give that information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: During the summer it would just be a matter of putting in a freedom of information request and it would get out there anyway. I am just trying to tease out why Mr. Gunning will not give that information. If he feels it will weaken his hand with BAM and their negotiations, that is understandable, but it will come out in the public record over the summer period. It would be just useful for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: I will suspend for a ten-minute comfort break. We will resume in ten minutes and will lead off with Deputy Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: We could certainly relay those questions to CHI which runs those centres.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: As there are no other members looking to come in, I will do so. I walked around the outside of the site yesterday and I saw that the outer shell is clearly taking shape. A number of people are working outside in that regard, but the big challenge is we do not know what is happening inside. What we have heard this morning about the level of work and the fitting out that needs to be carried...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: Is Mr. Devine saying that all the wiring for the windows is done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: Is that element of the work well advanced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: What is a ballpark figure for the completion. Mr. Devine referred to the compliance programme. The sense is there are not enough staff doing that type of work. We would like to think there has been a huge amount of work done since the time when we were walking around there, but when we talk to people who are on site, the story they give us, as Mr. Devine said himself this morning, is that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: What does Mr. Devine hope is going to come out of the compliance programme from his perspective? Is he going to get a sense that there will be additional staff? Are the contractors going to make up the ground that has been lost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)
Seán Crowe: When the compliance programme comes out, will we have a better sense of when the job will be finished?