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Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in County Kildare. [41214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for speech and language therapists in County Kildare and when these will be filled. [41215/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on the waiting list for occupational therapy in County Kildare. [41216/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for occupational therapists in County Kildare; and when these will be filled. [41217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive occupational and speech and language therapy as recommended by the Health Service Executive as this person has been on the waiting list for over three and a half years; and the reason that his position on the waiting list has not changed during this time. [41218/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 967. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention concerning Dáil electoral reform, the subject of its fourth report; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41652/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 968. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention concerning extending the right to vote to citizens resident outside the State; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41653/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1016. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are responsible for carrying out inspections on plumbing and heating in new homes; if not, if he will indicate who is responsible and how often these inspections are carried out; and the official body within the local authority is responsible. [41400/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is very positive. I did not raise the new EU procurement directive as a barrier. It is entirely doable. The thing is to know how to do it in the correct way. I ask the development board to give consideration to the unbundling of contracts to give SMEs and indigenous players an opportunity to procure. That is a broader issue. In light of the scale of this project, we need those who...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Obviously, he brings a level of expertise. I would find it very useful and instructive if the other members of the committee and I could be kept informed as a more conclusive position on this matter is arrived at.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Costello is satisfied that the board has complied with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: In terms of those contracts that we went through - quantity surveying, mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, project supervision, and so on - in each of those cases was the most price-competitive bidder selected for the contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand it is combined, I am just trying to get clarity. So the board did not necessarily go for the-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the system. I am just looking for a matter of fact-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am conscious that the Cathaoirleach will not be infinitely patient with me, although he is a constituency colleague and I could probably call in a favour. Just to zero in on the one that there was a wee bit of controversy about, the mechanical and electrical engineering one. What happened there? Was the most cost-competitive entity successful? Was Arup the most cost-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that it is a blended thing and I think that is absolutely proper, but from a cost point of view, was there a large difference between Arup and the disappointed bidder?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is fairly substantial, is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The other bidder must have fallen very short of the mark on technical ability, because 15% is substantial.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: My last question is slightly left of field but it is important because we are discussing a project of this magnitude. Reference has been made to philanthropy, philanthropic funds and so on and I do not have the scope to ask about that, but the lion's share of this is public money. What are the board's plans in respect of social clauses? I introduced legislation last Friday on the issue of...