Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. David Gunning:

I will set out the position currently from the development board’s point of view. We rely on the decision of the employer’s representative. To repeat, on the claims table, the employer’s representative has looked at 1,610 claims where BAM requested or is claiming €641 million, and change, and she has valued that at €16 million. That is the gulf between the development board and BAM with regard to the assessment of the claims. I was asked whether I can give certainty on any of these things. I cannot provide certainty about these claims. I can give the Deputy certainty that we will defend each and every one of these claims robustly. Let there be no-----