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

Kate O'Connell: The value-for-money element is the problem.

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

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Quinn cannot remember any incident. It is unusual that Mr. Quinn cannot remember any incident where he made an intervention that affected procurement in a positive way.

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

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Quinn might be able to do so this afternoon.

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

Kate O'Connell: I do not mind which year Mr. Quinn goes back to provided we have an example.

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

Kate O'Connell: No, I get that.

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

Kate O'Connell: The importance of competition is to drive down prices. It is not simply to give everyone a fair crack at it. The idea is to get quality and price reduction.

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

Kate O'Connell: There is a note in the accounts stating that the consultancy costs are all outsourced and that it is business as usual. Can anyone tell me the meaning of that note? Do we have a value somewhere for consultancy costs incurred in 2017? What I am getting at is the question of additional fees. There is a business as usual note. Were any external consultants employed in procurement? There is...

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

Kate O'Connell: I am really trying to get at the procurement aspect, especially any procurement consultants employed.

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

Kate O'Connell: I do not need to know. How much money was spent on procurement consultants external to the normal bills?

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

Kate O'Connell: I am asking about procurement. Let us forget about ICT costs.

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

Kate O'Connell: Was any external consultant brought in with expertise in procurement and paid a fee? That is what I am getting at. Was anyone employed with a specific expertise in procurement in a consultancy or advisory role externally? If so, how much was paid?

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

Kate O'Connell: McCann FitzGerald and Eversheds Sutherland were used for legal and procurement expertise. Is that correct?

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

Kate O'Connell: What was the total amount spent for that?

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

Kate O'Connell: That is the total, so it is within that bundle. Is that correct?

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

Kate O'Connell: Is Mr. Barry, as chair of the board, aware of anybody who has a position on any of the multiple boards and subcommittees and who is also employed on a personal or contractual basis? Is there anyone who sits on one of the boards and who, in a parallel life, does consultancy work? Does anybody on the established boards get paid fees for work for external consultancy companies?

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

Kate O'Connell: Is there anybody else in a similar position?

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

Kate O'Connell: From the briefing note I had understood that the rules regarding appointments preclude those on the board from earning outside money. I suppose it is complicated when one has a role on a board like this.

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

Kate O'Connell: Grand. There is no financial benefit accruing to Mr. Barry.

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

Kate O'Connell: As the new chair, is Mr. Barry confident that nobody who reports to him is-----

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

Kate O'Connell: -----conflicted in any way by a role for which they get paid? Is there anyone? Forget the conflict issue. We can decide that. Are any members of the board getting paid externally-----