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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: That would be pertinent.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: That is the point I am getting at in respect of the history of it. We need to know more than the accountancy side of the matter. It was the same with the Thornton Hall prison project. Significant additional work is required in terms of the history of the project as distinct from where and how the money was spent. I would like us to be a position to examine this matter further because we...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: That is effectively what I am trying to get at.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: If the Chairman agrees, will Ms Duffy take that back to the Department-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: -----with a view to conducting a review on why this project failed and the elements that brought it to the current pass?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: That is precisely my position on the issue. We need that information. The Comptroller and Auditor General also suggested there should be a review of projects that fail. That should be built into the process, irrespective of whether it comes directly through the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or the individual Departments. It needs to be done on that umbrella basis.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: It would also be desirable to get submissions and the determination of the An Bord Pleanála inspector's report. This should give all the detail as to why An Bord Pleanála rejected the application and the poor opinion had of the quality of the application after that considerable length of time and enormous amount of money that had been spent on the process. It should all be part...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Part of the reason the board moved is because it was a smaller operation and because it was rent-free. Is it still rent-free?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Mr. Pollock was to get us the figures that had been spent by the previous board for the five years at Nos. 2 and 3 Parnell Street.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Do we have those figures?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Could we get those? Clearly from what Mr. Pollock has said, the board has learned lessons for the new project. I have some questions about the new hospital. I ask Mr. Pollock to outline the present status. The board submitted the planning application. What is the process from here on?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Have many observations been lodged?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: What about the other 90?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Is an oral hearing due to take place?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: They are all contained in the application, including the two satellites.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: So there are no significant objectors at this time.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: However, that is on the basis of where it is located.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: But not on a planning basis.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: If, fingers crossed, the board is on track to have a planning decision by February of 2016, what finance is in place for the construction?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: Is that all in place?