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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Everything is very vague, and Ms Ross is saying it could take weeks or even months. When will we find out when this project is going to get back on track? When will we have a completion date we can believe and a final cost for the project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Sorry, but it is not on the contractor. It is on the development board and the Government. This is a major public contract that is costing a vast amount of money. The public wants to know when will it be completed and what the final cost will be. Despite all the spin that has been going on in the media in recent weeks, we are still no nearer to having those two vital pieces of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: If BAM needs to double the number of staff on site in order to meet the June 2025 completion date, it is very difficult to understand how this will not have cost implications. Was that issue raised with Royal BAM? Was a commitment obtained from Royal BAM that it will substantially increase the number of staff on site from now on and that it will stick with the original cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What was the commitment, if any, obtained from Royal BAM? Was it to fully staff the site and bring the project in on budget?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I will come back in on the second round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Could you-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: How is the standing conciliator appointed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: There is no option to change that person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I would like to have that clarified because it is a key point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Following on from the Minister's meeting with Royal BAM, when he was asked if he had confidence in the June 2025 date, he listed out things and said if this happens, if that happens and if the other happens. There are a lot of “ifs” and there is really nothing concrete coming out of the meeting other than the Minister saying he had confidence that they would deliver by that date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I thought the Minister said earlier “if they do” a number of things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister said “if they do” a number of things that he listed. That requires a considerable leap of faith. We have been in this same position for a number of years, namely, if BAM does various things, everything will be fine. What is the arrangement for monitoring that those commitments will be adhered to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is fine to say it but who is actually doing that and who is reporting on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there a schedule that needs to be met on a weekly basis to ensure those commitments are adhered to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It would be very helpful if the Oireachtas committee, for the benefit of the public, got updates on that on a regular basis. Something like 14 months elapsed between our meeting with the board the last time and virtually no progress was made. Can the Department provide us with those updates, say, on a monthly basis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That would be good. I want to move away from the physical provision of the hospital to look at arrangements for the transition to a new, merged hospital and the proposals for the functioning and operation of that hospital. We know from an RTÉ report that the HSE commissioned a confidential report from KPMG on the preparedness of the different players to function properly in a major...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: They are very significant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Newpark Healthcare is a company expert in commissioning. That is somewhat different to merging the existing entities of the three children's hospitals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Commissioning is a physical thing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Who is dealing with the cultural issues?