Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital

Mr. David Gunning:

I will deal with the guaranteed maximum price and then I will hand over to Mr. Devine to deal with the question on Tallaght. The guaranteed maximum price is an element that leads to the total of €1.433 billion. That is made up of several items. As I said, we are currently operating within that budget. The committee will be aware, probably from our discussion last year, that a significant number of exclusions are outside of that guaranteed maximum price. We discussed at some length last year the issue of inflation, which remains outside of that guaranteed maximum price. There are also other items such as the emerging changes or regulatory changes within the healthcare sector and the sectoral employment order and its implications, should that apply.

The €1.433 billion is the number that has been approved by the Government. As I mentioned, we are operating within that currently. However, as I also mentioned, there is significant upward pressure on the budget given the potential delays within the project.

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