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

Kate O'Connell: I have not been out there. Is there a building which is equipped and functioning but in which there are not yet patients?

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

Kate O'Connell: I do not think there are any patients in it.

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

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Breslin said that a phased opening would begin at the end of July.

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

Kate O'Connell: Where is it standard?

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

Kate O'Connell: With regard to the phasing of the handover of the main children's hospital building, I am concerned about the timelines involved. How could we end up with a building empty for any number of months?

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

Kate O'Connell: I get that.

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

Kate O'Connell: With regard to expediting the transition so that this resource can be utilised as quickly as possible for the main hospital, is it going to be-----

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

Kate O'Connell: Is it going to be worked in such a way to prevent us having a lovely hospital in which there are no sick children?

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

Kate O'Connell: There is one hospital in Australia where there was huge risk from expediting this. Is there any hospital in the world that has successfully done this without huge risk? Has doing it faster worked out for anyone else?

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

Kate O'Connell: That makes sense. Is it something that can be decided on day one in that one can estimate how long staff training will take? Is there, say, a three-month or a four-month period?

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

Kate O'Connell: When referring to "the Minister", it would be helpful if our guests indicated which one.

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

Kate O'Connell: It would be helpful if our guests identified the fact that they are speaking about the Minister for Health, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform or whomever.

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

Kate O'Connell: I accept that but we have many in our lives.

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

Kate O'Connell: The Deputy is probably better off.

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

Kate O'Connell: I have read Mr. Quinn's letter. He referred to a circular about civil servants reporting and responsibilities when they are nominated to a board. I understand his interpretation of that. Will he explain it for me because I am a bit confused? The letter refers to scope for further arrangements for information-sharing so that if somebody on the board feels that there is a particular need,...

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

Kate O'Connell: I know that. I wanted to clarify it. Maybe I am misinterpreting it but I think that Mr. Quinn is saying that at no point did he think to allow for these further arrangements to happen. He acted within the rules at all times under his statutory responsibilities. He was appointed to the board based on his competency and expertise in procurement. It seems clear from all of the other...

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

Kate O'Connell: The Minister in this case is the Minister for Health because he nominated Mr. Quinn.

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

Kate O'Connell: They were not put in place and Mr. Quinn never sought for them to be put in place.

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

Kate O'Connell: That is fine.

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

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Quinn never sought for additional mechanisms to be put in place for reporting. At any point, did he seek in his role to report the obvious escalations in cost to anybody? Did he make any effort with regard to these further arrangements or otherwise to highlight to whichever Minister what was going on?