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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
John Lahart: I have one final question for Ms Ross. This is the first time I have encountered her. I wish her the best of luck in her role. What are her takes from that meeting with Royal BAM?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
John Lahart: What has given Ms Ross the grounds for that? Was it the meeting, its tone, or the engagement? What justifies it when talking to a taxpayer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
John Lahart: What is the significance of the early access for commissioning? That is maybe lost on me as a layman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
John Lahart: It sounds like Royal BAM is in the room already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
John Lahart: It is what it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: How long do I have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister and to the committee for facilitating me. I have a number of questions. I will direct the first to the Minister. I am one of these people who thinks there are two sides to every story. I have huge issues with BAM and how this was designed from day one. If we all went at it again we would not go at it the way it has been done. That is across politics and across...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: Yes, I get that. I will concentrate on this one in the limited time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: It would not be reasonable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: How many changes have there been since?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: There has been changes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: The Government has set aside €0.5 billion to finish off this project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: We know the standing conciliator has made big award towards BAM. What is the €0.5 billion for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: The Minister said before that not a penny more would be given. What is the €0.5 billion more for if it is not a penny more? The standing conciliator has made awards on a number of occasions, unfortunately for the taxpayer. What is that money for if the standing conciliator is making all these awards and the Minister is saying there is not a penny more? A standing conciliator is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: Briefly, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: Can you answer on how much the conciliator has actually given? In other words, the next step is the courts obviously. What is that total?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: Yes. One is €108 million and there are 17 or 18 others.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: No, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: Okay, I get that. That is fair. It is all accurate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Alan Kelly: I do not want to run down the clock on this, so I will not go any further but my point is if this has been allocated towards it and we are saying not one penny more, but yet the conciliator, who is independent, recognised as such and has a long history in these projects, is giving a big award like that. That means we are saying not a penny more but we cannot stand over it because if the...