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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Cannon and McAuliffe, who are unavoidably absent. The witnesses are very welcome. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regards reference witnesses may make to other...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. As set out in the letter of invitation, Mr. Gunning has five minutes to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: February 2025.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: Can Mr. Gunning clarify something before we get into this properly? How much is being paid to BAM in terms of claims at this point? Is the €27 million the total?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is over and above. In other words, the board carried that risk over and above the 4%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are many moving parts from Mr. Gunning's opening statement. I call Deputy Kelly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Chair and the witnesses. For the public watching, this has been a disaster zone for years. I believe it is the fourth time people involved with the hospital have appeared in front of the committee. For me, this whole project is like a bad episode of "Room to Improve" on speed. That is how bad it is. We collectively need to get into layman's language in setting out where we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Gunning believe this will be substantially completed in February 2025?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Gunning does not know exactly-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Gunning would not die on the ditch over the claim that this will be finished or substantially completed in February 2025.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Gunning does not have the confidence to say that here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Does the Department believe that the hospital will be open in 2025?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Will Mr. Quinn answer my question, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Will Mr. Quinn answer my question? Including commissioning, does the Department believe that this hospital will be open in 2025? That would probably see it opening in the middle of next winter’s flu season.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Six to nine months was the previous target.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: I know, but will Mr. Quinn answer the question, please? He is the Department of Health’s representative at this meeting. I accept that he is a principal officer and not the assistant secretary or Secretary General, neither of whom are present, but does the Department believe that our national children’s hospital will be open in 2025?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Page 70 of the PwC report went through the risks going forward. One of them had to do with client changes. Since the GMP – for the audience, that means “gross maximum price” – was set, how many new and-or revised drawings have been issued to the contractor?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Remember the phrase “new and-or revised drawings”.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: I understand, but there are people at home watching this. We had a sign-off on the design.