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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is a different matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That the board was dealing with it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Quinn was dealing with it and he was happy that the board was dealing with it. That is not quite what the PwC report states. I am sure Mr. Quinn has read the report in detail, as have I.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I find Mr. Quinn to be an extremely straight, honest and communicative witness, as I did on the previous occasion. Oversight bodies were set up but they did not challenge the board as a result of their terms of reference. The board did not challenge the design team; it relied on the design team. This comes back to Mr. Quinn and his expertise. It also relied on the executive. That is what...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is not what PwC-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am glad Mr. Quinn stated that. That is not what PwC stated. It stated that the board insufficiently challenged the design team and the executive. That is what the PwC report, which cost €500,000, stated.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Quinn agree with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Quinn disagrees with it. That is interesting. He disagrees with that finding. Do the other board members present disagree with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Barry is going forward with a new approach. I ask him to bear in mind my frustration on behalf of the ordinary person because in 2015 the committee was assured that this would not happen and it was reassured it would not happen each time representatives of the board appeared before it. On each appearance, new language is used. There is reference to moving on to a new phase. The board...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Barry cannot answer. That is interesting. It is not helpful for him, as the new chair, not to answer. It does not inspire confidence. I am only interested in governance, risk assessment and holding processes to account. Mr. Quinn disagrees and Mr. Barry cannot answer. As a member of the board, does Mr. Farragher accept the PwC finding that there was insufficient challenge and that...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Farragher does.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is it a "yes" or a "no"?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. Farragher for correcting me. I was wrong.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, but I made a mistake. I did not intend to ask Mr. Farragher a question. He is part of the executive, but it is for the board to decide. Is Dr.Curtis a member of the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is just Mr. Quinn and the new chairperson. Mr. Quinn was instrumental in this process. He believed in this new way of doing things in Ireland. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: PwC states it was very common, as does Mr. Breslin, but the PwC modified its statement to state it was novel in Ireland.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Given the background and the write-off, the fact that there was a new board in 2013 and the reassurances that things had been learned, there was an extra duty on Mr. Quinn and the board in relation to this novel way of doing things. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Good. How did Mr. Quinn meet that challenge and the extra burden in this new way of doing things?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I know all that. I am asking how Mr. Quinn met the challenge, given that it was new.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That did not happen.