Results 101-120 of 1,073,206 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:James O'Connor OR speaker:Johnny Guirke OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Joe Flaherty OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Emer Higgins OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I do not know if there was any such suggestion. There may well have been. Minutes were taken at the meeting. I do not recall it. I can say that there was a very high level of frustration when I met the board. Ms Ross is the chair of the board. We might ask her for the board's view, if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I cannot say what BAM's motivation is but the facts, as I see them, are we have very clear evidence, I believe, from the board, based on gate receipts, noting day by day, how many people are on site. We have very clear evidence, which BAM may dispute, but the evidence as I have seen it is very strong that the hospital project has been consistently and substantively under resourced. That is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Does the Senator mean nationally across all of its projects?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I do not but I think Ms Ross has that detail.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is not the case that 3,000 rooms were handed over and then the quality assurance people took a look. They are on-site all the time. The board and the quality assurance people would have raised concerns early and on an ongoing basis. I think the Senator's point is that it went too far before anyone flagged any concerns. My understanding is that those concerns were flagged early but even...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: My very clear understanding is that the answer is "Yes". I will ask Ms Ross to speak to the matter as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The award for €107 million or €108 million is contested very strongly by the board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It was the recommendation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy asks if there an amount included against full and final awards. There is. In addition, in the context of the Government decision, there is freedom - or whatever the right word is - such that the board is authorised to reach a full and final agreement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There has been a thorough evaluation of the claims. The recommendation of €107 million or €108 million is strongly contested. The board will bring that to court if necessary. The view of the board is that it has a very strong case in that regard. The total amount that has been agreed against €863 million is €31 million. The Deputy will appreciate that I am not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I can understand where the Deputy is coming from. On a number of occasions, he has made the charge that I am hands-off. There are many things I can be fairly accused of in my time as Minister for Health, and I have made plenty of mistakes. The Deputy would be hard-pressed to find someone in the Department or the HSE who would have considered what I have done in the past four to five years...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I apologise for interrupting. Those details were discussed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Sorry. That is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Lahart raised the point of what David Gunning said with regard to the €107 million. His exact words to the committee were: We have issued our notice of dissatisfaction. Our claim is that the conciliator, in making those awards ... has made fundamental errors in that award. That was his exact position in terms of the €107 million and the conciliator’s role in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am sorry, I did not say I had confidence they would deliver by that date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: If. I am not saying I have confidence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is every day, on-site, by the board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The board. It is the people working for the board. They have project managers and quality assurance people on-site.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.