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- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. I do not have the exact date, but I would have seen it shortly after it was finished. I was involved in the decision to commission the report. I discussed it with Mr. Gloster, and with Mr. Watt. It was proper due diligence to identify what gaps might exist in commissioning. As the Deputy said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes, there were significant gaps. Mr. Lynch, Ms Conroy and CHI have been involved in responding to those recommendations. There is a dedicated transformation director and the programme is supported by Newpark Healthcare, the commissioning experts. As the Deputy said, this has not happened-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Maybe, but certainly-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Well, it is more than that. The commissioning is all the physical aspects, but also involves moving one hospital or sometimes multiple hospitals into a new site. There is a national oversight group that has been-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is being dealt with as part of the work being overseen by the transformation director.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I certainly accept that is what the report said in April. On that basis, for example, there is now a clinical transformation director. CHI did not have one of those in place. An interim chief executive has been appointed, as the Deputy will be aware. A recruitment process is also ongoing for the permanent-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I agree. The lady who has stepped into the interim role, who is the COO, has done and is doing a very fine job. We interact very regularly on children's spinal issues, for example. It is agreed, though, that we want a permanent chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes. I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes. The CEO is appointed by the board. I met the chair and a member of the board earlier this week in the Department of Health regarding exactly this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There has been no question of Government approval. It is a funded role, so when the outgoing chief executive left, the board moved to start recruiting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: CHI has not yet managed to find someone it believes to be suitable for the role.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is, and it has been under way for a fairly long time. For what it is worth, I will give the Deputy my view. I do not think we pay hospital managers enough. We pay them significantly less than we pay the consultants, for example, and-----