Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I return to this strange letter from the Minister for Health to the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, the Taoiseach and many others regarding the children's hospital. Why has the Government not asked the board why the independent adjudicator keeps awarding large sums in favour of the contractor? It is a pretty obvious question. Sums of €17 million and €108 million have been awarded. Last May, the CEO of the board told me at the Committee of Public Accounts after a lot of questioning that he had full confidence in the independent adjudicator. Why, prior to that, did the board require the eminent retired judge to adjudicate on whether this adjudicator should stay in place?

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