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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: There is an obvious role for the contractor to resource the contract and I have called on the main contractor to do exactly that. I am interested in the hospital being built as quickly as possible for children. My main focus is on ensuring that we have a world-class, fit-for-purpose children’s hospital that is open and treating patients. The Minister used the example of a wall being...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy raised a few points. Let me be clear, in that I wanted the State to take ownership of the hospital around now. The contractor told us it would be in October or November, but it has missed its deadline. It has under-resourced the project repeatedly and failed to meet its deadline. I agree with the Deputy about how the hospital development board, which is acting on our behalf,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: That is no good to the people of the State who are still funding the hospital or to the children who need it. Does the Minister accept that the levers for holding the contractor to account do not exist? All the levers he has mentioned have been used before and clearly do not work. Does he accept that that has to do with flaws in the contract? Despite all of the tough talk and Ministers...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: At this point, it would be a futile exercise to second-guess the contract. The contract is what the board has and we must manage the project within it. The board is using the contract to the fullest extent possible. I acknowledge the Deputy’s role in this. He must, and should, put pressure on us. I would were I in his chair, and did. There is value to us speaking with one...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: We have done that.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I just acknowledged that. I will cite an example that the Deputy’s colleague, Deputy Doherty, raised with me at the health committee. I believe Deputy Cullinane might have been present for it. It had to do with grilles. Clearly, he had been given information. I believe he was acting in good faith. He made an impassioned contribution and said that this was a design flaw and,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: The claims were right. A remedy was found that produced cuts.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----approximately €24 million and delay the project by months.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: They were correct.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is clearly what he had been told and he brought it-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We must move on, please.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will finish on this, as it is important. Not only were the claims not correct-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: They were correct.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----but the total cost was not €24 million. It was €200,000-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: The Minister is focusing on the cost. The claims about the grilles were correct.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----and the board got a third party to complete the work in a matter of weeks. We should be united in shining a light on this.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: There is still not a single room in the hospital built, so the Minister has much larger problems than grilles.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: By the way, the main contractor still sent an invoice to the board for the €24 million.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (3 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: And still not a single room has been completed.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)
Primary Care Centres