Mr. Jim Breslin:

There are probably two categories. There is what has been discussed in the meeting around residual risks relating to the paediatric hospital development board's costs and there are some costs outside the paediatric hospital development board. I can go into either of those if the Chairman so wishes.

The residual risks are a challenge to the development board at bringing this in at €1.433 billion. We have spoken about inflation and so on. The Government has clearly stated the budget is €1.433 billion. Outside this are elements not in the budget for the construction of the hospital. These lie primarily with Children's Health Ireland, and they include ICT, the electronic health record and integration of services. They all form into the total figure seen before of €1.7 billion.