Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate

Mr. Fred Barry:

First, if there are cost pressures which will lead to increases, we need to identify them. We will have a keen focus on costs on an ongoing basis. We will have monthly board meetings, at all of which we will receive detailed cost reports and forecasts. If we forecast that the cost will move above the current figure of €1.43 billion, we will flag it immediately to everybody else involved. One of the disappointing aspects of the process so far is that the actual costs were recognised rather late in the day. We will try to avoid anything like that happening again.

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