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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Gunning confirm that he and the board are confident that the cost will not exceed €2 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: The overall price is extraordinary in comparison with the cost for much larger hospitals built in the past five or ten years. For example, in Chicago a 664-bed hospital was built for €541 million and in Atlanta a 402-bed hospital was built for €499 million. The cost here appears to be extraordinary, and rising on the basis of what we are hearing today in regard to the 700...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Gunning clarify whether the contractor has made a claim or indicated that it is making a claim for that period?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Gunning clarify the following with a "Yes" or "No" answer? If there is a claim and if there is a hit in terms of compensation for that, will that be in addition to the 700 claims we have already discussed?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: It is within that figure of an estimated €300 million. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: On the PricewaterhouseCoopers report, there were a number of recommendations in it that caught my eye. Mr. Gunning said today that they have all been implemented in full. One of them was around the commercial capability and capacity of the board and the executive. The report recommended that it should be strengthened to be more self-sufficient and less reliant on external advisors. I must...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Gunning is confident the board has achieved that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: On the completion timeline, my calculation is that the board is looking at spring 2024. Does Mr. Gunning agree with that? He said the contractors are now ten months behind and there is also a nine-month phase to crank up operations and test operations. Is that correct, when we add that 19 months to the revised time of August 2022?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: As soon as the findings of that report are available, I ask that they be forwarded to the secretariat of the committee. I thank Mr. Gunning. We are out of time unfortunately. I thank our witnesses for joining us and for the information with which they have provided us. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, for attending and assisting the committee. We...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: I will allow a brief response.

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: Families have been hit very hard by this latest lockdown. It has been a very difficult year for families across the midlands and throughout the country. Many have lost their jobs and face significant drops in income through no fault of their own. In the case of Laois, Offaly and Kildare, this is actually the fourth lockdown. There are currently 475,000 people on the pandemic unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Covid-19 restrictions will be reviewed; and if he will consult with NPHET with regard to the possibility of restarting work on individual housing one off projects. [5013/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on whether the pandemic unemployment payment is to be included in the means test assessment for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Brian Stanley: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to protect taxi drivers from Covid-19 who are carrying patients and samples from hospitals and between hospitals given that they are not being provided with PPE; the position of taxi drivers who are providing patient transfers on the vaccination programme list in terms of priority; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: No apologies have been received but Deputy Matt Carthy will be late because he is attending the agriculture committee, which is meeting at the same time, unfortunately. I welcome everyone to our online meeting. Due to the current situation with Covid-19, only the clerk, support staff and I are in the committee room. Members of the committee are attending remotely but, on the basis of legal...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: Does anybody wish to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: The figure is €575,727.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: If the committee wishes, we can write to Laois and Offaly ETB to seek further information - it is in the financial statement - and for an update on progress. Is that agreed? Agreed. I will ask the clerk to the committee to write to the CEO and ask for a progress report. Is it agreed that we note the accounts and statements? Agreed. As usual, we will continue our practice of writing to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: It is full of good news.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: There is some information in that letter regarding what has been ordered. It states: There are two types of fleet orders that are in the process of being acquired to address passenger capacity needs on the rail network. The first order relates to 41 inter-city rail cars and the second order type relates to new DART fleet, potentially both fully electric and battery electric DART fleet. ...