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- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: -----because, as far as I know, he was subject to the standards he would be as a civil servant and the different circulars which, for example, were raised by Deputy Kelly. He questioned me on them. What he had to do-----
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: I will answer the question to the best of my ability. According to the circular that the head of the OGP was subject to, it was his role to ensure that the parent Department responsible for the project was being informed of what was happening and that was happening. At the appropriate point, the Minister for Health became aware of it. He briefed me on it and we took action from there.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: These are completely different projects. The hospital in Tallaght and some of the other hospital projects that have been mentioned this evening are completely different in complexity, scale and process from the national children's hospital. It is like comparing the experience in building a road to the experience of building a metro. They might be in the same policy area but they are very...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: In terms of the number of theatres, the volume of technology and the scale and nature of the project, they are fundamentally different.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge all the questions and points that have been put this evening. As the Government and I have acknowledged over the past number of days, we have made progress in how to deliver important capital projects well. We have made progress with Project Ireland 2040. In both the Department of Health and other Departments there are examples of how projects are delivered well and how they...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: These are capital projects that communities and the country want and which the Government is delivering. With regard to accountability, the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, and I have answered the questions Deputies have put to us and we have participated in committee meetings on this. Both Departments have made available all the information they have on the matter and we are subject to...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: This project will matter for children's health in the future. We have acknowledged repeatedly what must be done differently for projects such as this and the lessons we have from this. We will progress with two priorities - seeking to deliver projects the country needs and ensuring that the national children's hospital is delivered - and when we move on to other big projects of similar...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: There were agreements in place on how the loan would be drawn down and the circumstances upon which the loan could be accessed. If nothing in those agreements is commercially sensitive, I will make the information available to the Deputy.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: I assume that there have been communications between the EIB and officials in my Department. I do not know the nature of those but I assume there have been communications and if there is anything there that is not commercially sensitive, I will share the nature of it with the Deputy.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: Not on the nature of a loan and how it is being operated. I would have been involved in the decision on accessing the loan. Nothing has happened since then that I am aware of but I will check for the Deputy.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: It is true there are matters in respect of the future cost of this project and how we can save money on it on which the Government is still working. That is why we have appointed Fred Barry as the new chair of the board and why we have a PwC report under way. The Deputy acknowledged that none of us has a monopoly on wisdom or certainty in respect of this matter. It is my genuine view,...
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: On the interest rate for the funding we have from EIB, I do not have that information. If the information is publicly available and we can share it with the Deputy, I will write to him with it. As to whether we have looked for a further loan from the EIB for the project, the answer is "No. We have not". We know how much extra money is currently needed for the project-----
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: -----and it should be made available from the Exchequer.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: I will deal with that. We tried to put together one utility company to deliver infrastructure for something that really mattered for our country, which was Irish Water. Deputy Barry opposed that too. Let us be clear.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: When we tried to put together an organisation whose job was to deliver infrastructure-----
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: -----Deputy Barry was against that too. Deputy Barry can make speeches but when somebody on this side of the House responds, it is not good enough for him. He has made several allegations and statements about a company that does not have the ability to defend itself here.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle may have warned him, but he kept going.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: It is important to state that every procurement policy-----
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: It is interesting that what he says appears to be what he has stated repeatedly in the past.
- National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Paschal Donohoe: To answer the question, a company has the right to participate in a procurement process. It is up to those running the process to decide what they believe to be the best value for the project. That is what happened in respect of the different processes-----