Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He said that is the budget agreed and it is hoped to come in on budget, subject to what we have discussed. I will not rehash that. It will be subject to assumptions. There is a clear implication that there are other costs associated with the children's hospital not in the construction contract. Will Mr. Breslin start telling us what else will be in there to get this children's hospital up and running? Children's Health Ireland will have significant costs and other costs may not be met directly by that organisation. What will be the costs of getting the hospital open? He is chairman of the project programme board, which comprises two people from the Department and two from the HSE. The members of the programme board are the people with the global picture of how this hospital will work.

We will start with the figure of €1.433 billion, which is fine. Let us hope it is as close to that as possible. Mr. Barry referred to issues in his opening statement that are not in that guaranteed maximum price. What are those elements not included in what we have been talking about today?