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National Children's Hospital Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 October 2019

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Questions (91)

Barry Cowen

Question:

91. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public procurement representative from his Department on the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has been replaced following the resignation of the previous representative; if not, the way in which his Department is monitoring the national children’s hospital project both in terms of procurement and public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/19]

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Appointments to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Health and all matters relating to this Board should properly be addressed to him. The Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) served on the Board in a personal capacity and not as part of his role as CPO nor as a representative of my Department.

The roll-out of the National Paediatric Hospital is also a matter for the Minister for Health to manage within his overall multiannual capital envelope. The Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board, comprising top officials from relevant Departments and Agencies, jointly chaired by the Secretaries-General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG), provides strategic direction and leadership to the overall Project Ireland 2040 implementation process. However, it is a matter for each Department to manage its projects, subject to the usual long-established arrangements for oversight, monitoring and management of voted Exchequer resources.

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