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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I know it is, and it can be appealed to the court. The standing conciliator made a recommendation or however you want to put it. The conciliator adjudicated and made a recommendation in the amount of €108 million. The board contested this. I accept all of that. I went through this with the board. It was, however, the decision of the standing conciliator. Is that correct? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Ultimately, any of these claims may well end up in the court. It could be the High Court that decides this claim or any others if they are not resolved. Neither the Minister, Ms Ross, Mr. Tierney nor can guarantee what a court is going to do. If the matter goes to court and there is about €800 million in claims involved, it is conceivably possible or probable, given the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: My question is more straightforward. Hypothetically, the matter could go to court and there could be a judgment. We do not know what the amount involved might be. How can the Minister guarantee that it will not go above €2.2 billion? Surely it is impossible to say because it is out of his hands, my hands or anybody else's hands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I ask the Minister to hear me out. I am not saying it is the wrong strategy. The Minister and the board have told us not a penny more will be paid. Either BAM walks away from its claim or a deal is done. I asked the board if there was a possibility of a deal and was told it did not see it or it would go to court. Does anybody see the contractor walking away from it? No. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I just want another 20 seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: I am not suggesting the Minister go into every single detail, but cover the headline issues of feet on the ground, the data we have been presented with and rooms not completed. Those certainly should have been front and centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: That is what I meant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: I echo the Minister's appreciation for the workforce. I think I speak for all of us who have been down there when I say that the employees, both from the board and the contractor, clearly have one aim in mind. They are very proud of their work. Deputy Kelly referred to the conciliator and confidence in the conciliator. I do not want to dwell on this matter. He is saying that David...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: There is agreement on the lack of confidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: What happened there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: It cannot be changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: We have already heard that BAM, the contractor, priced a particular change at €25 million and said it would take months to complete. It eventually cost €200,000 and was done in a matter of weeks. That was stated on the record of this committee. I share the view expressed by Deputy Cullinane about it being unseemly and unedifying. The public is aghast. However, there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: I thank the Chair for that intervention. I am not suggesting anything more. We have heard from the board that claims made by BAM were not stood up by the conciliator or, when they were settled, were settled for a fraction of what BAM was seeking and they are now resolved. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: It amounts to a single-figure percentage of what was originally claimed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: I will come to Mr. Tierney with my last question and maybe this is a roundabout way of getting to the heart of some of the things that went on. We went to the new national maternity hospital and the Minister has mentioned a number of new hospital projects that are going to be undertaken under his stewardship, which I welcome. What are the significant lessons learned? What are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister and his officials for their attendance before the committee on this very important matter. The Minister will take away with him the fact that the committee remains acutely concerned about the issues arising from the development of the national children's hospital. We will be monitoring it closely. Having visited, we know that, in spite of everything we have said today,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This matter is a very important one for the Department of housing and I thank the Deputy for raising it. It is very important that local authority tenants who are occupying social housing properties and paying weekly rents are living in homes that provide good comfort levels for their occupants. The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, local...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The response identifies something I have already acknowledged-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, I know.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----in terms of the internal work. We informed residents about this. However, this is tinkering around the edges until the fundamental issue is grasped, and I urge Cork City Council to grasp it. I also believe, however, that one of the obstacles to this is the lack of a clear funding stream for the regeneration of flat complexes. Obviously, general funding is available for maintenance...