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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Annie Hoey. Before we get into the main item on today's agenda, minutes of the committee's meetings of 18 September 2024 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed. The purpose of today's meeting is for the joint committee to receive an update on the construction of the new national children's hospital from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Gunning. I will move straight away to members' questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Seán Crowe: Senator, you asked a question. Will you let the witness respond, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is a fundamental principle of procurement that you have your design settled at the beginning. The aim has to be that you have the full detail as far as possible on the project nailed down beforehand because of the additional costs incurred with each change in design.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The developer is claiming it is all those design changes that have run up this bill. The board, on the other hand, is claiming it is project delivery. There is now a stand-off between the two sides. That is not really of much use to any of us, especially the children that are waiting to get treatment in that hospital. The matter has to be resolved and it is very hard to understand why...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I heard what Mr. Devine said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am asking how many design changes have there been?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: How many design changes have there been?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is the counterclaim the board are making.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The main claim BAM is making is there have been umpteen changes. Mr. Devine has given us that figure today confirming the 23,000 changes to the design.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Can we go back to the original question I asked? How many design changes have there been on this project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: To what does the 23,000 figure that Mr. Devine provided relate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It relates to updated drawings, okay. Is a developer entitled to a make a claim for additional costs involved with updated drawings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. Devine is getting pedantic here. There are design changes and there are changes to drawings. In all 23,000 cases, there is a right to claim for those.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Okay, fine. How many legal claims are outstanding currently?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. Devine provided a lot of figures there. Have they been circulated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Give me the number of claims outstanding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: When the witnesses were with us in July of last year, they said that agreement had been reached with the developer to park the claims to get on with the construction work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What is happening to claims that are now arising?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What is the estimated value of the outstanding claims?