Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Public Accounts Committee
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Jim Breslin:
The final figure is when it is crystallised because the GMP process, which has an independent arbitration element brought into it, arrives at that final figure. The GMP process was challenged and PwC explained this in full. It was extended a couple of times because it was proving difficult to finalise the design and the costing of the design as between the development board and the developer. In that situation, we did not have proper information. In August, the Department became aware of the claims that the developer is lodging but again-----
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