Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests and thank them for the information provided. Mr. Barry mentioned that the cost of the children's hospital will be higher than previously estimated. My colleague was innovative in his generation of actual expenditure as opposed to estimated expenditure. What expenditure are we talking about? Have we overspent on the works to date at the two outreach and acute care hospitals in Tallaght and Blanchardstown and at the site of the new children's hospital? To what extent have we overspent? The word "overspend" keeps arising, which is damaging to the morale of the project, for want of a better description.