Results 141-160 of 1,071,150 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Dara Calleary OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Brian Leddin OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton) in 'Committee meetings'
- 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)
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-----