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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: We are public representatives who have been trying to get to the bottom of this in the best way we can over recent years. Much media commentary in recent days seems to suggest the truth seems to lie somewhere between what the development board says and what BAM says. I took a look at BAM Ireland's website over the past 60 seconds. We would imagine a company as big as BAM would be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: I will put it another way. Does Mr. Gunning think that EU procurement should consider past performance and present performance in the rules governing states entering into contracts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: There are two satellite elements to the children's hospital, one of which is in my constituency, which is the children's hospital in Tallaght. Who built the Connolly Hospital and Tallaght Hospital elements of the new children's hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: They were completed on time and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: As chief executive officer Mr. Gunning engages directly with BAM.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: When was the most recent encounter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Was that one-to-one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: How did that conversation go?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Will Mr. Gunning give us an insight into the resourcing issue, which has been ongoing since the start of the contract? What is BAM's explanation for the lack of resourcing of personnel and boots on the ground as Mr. Gunning has described?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: That might be how he feels but what is Mr. Gunning's evidence for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Is there evidence that BAM adequately resources other contractual projects in which it is engaged?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: I presume Mr. Gunning has said that in discussions with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Does BAM dispute that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Can Mr. Gunning share with us on what grounds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Can Mr. Gunning say a bit more about how the design is finished and what it is about now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
John Lahart: Can Mr. Gunning explain that? Is he saying some of the project is organic?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I wish to focus on the baseline programme and commissioning, but before I do, I will come back quickly to the legal claims part. Just for clarification, it is my understanding, only because so many projects would run into a problem if this was the case, that ongoing legal claims or litigation are not necessarily a barrier to handover.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: It is important we say that. I wish to take a minute to look at some of the change orders. On the issue of claims, one of the more significant change orders that has been discussed here previously has been the operating theatre grilles. Is that a live claim? I thank the witnesses for such substantial briefing documents. It states in the briefing documents that they have not withdrawn...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: How long has it been live?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: So it has been nine months of legal wrangling about a claim that will probably be withdrawn.