The chair of the Public Accounts Committee wants BAM to appear before them to answer questions on the rising cost of the National Children’s Hospital. While Health Minister Simon Harris is expected to survive a Sinn Féin motion of no-confidence on Wednesday, the issue is likely to rumble on. Mr Watt is due to appear before PAC next month and Mr Fleming is now pushing for a super-sitting to avoid “unnecessary duplication”. “I am proposing now that we see if we can put the mechanism in place to bring either representatives of each of the four committees or the four full committees together in one hearing,” said Mr Fleming. However, health committee chairman Michael Harty yesterday claimed that it would still be “much more appropriate “ for Mr Watt to attend his committee.

Source: Irish Examiner February 18, 2019 04:18 UTC