Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital

Mr. David Gunning:

Forgive me, Chairman, if that is not coming across clearly. I answered this question earlier. Our view is really around the resourcing of the project. There was an earlier question about what it would be today if the contractor was complying with the guaranteed maximum price, GMP, programme. We would expect the project to be building up soon to 1,900 people on the site. We have approximately half of that. I suggest that is a clear metric. We have also said that we would have expected by now to have the frame, concrete, steel, facade and various other things moved on. They are nowhere near the level of completion that we would expect.

One further point relates to the payments to the contractor. We would expect under the GMP project, or contract, that at this stage we would have paid the contractor €545 million. Instead, we have actually paid €308 million of the total of €900 million. Instead of being halfway through the project, we are one third of the way through the project. These are the clear metrics indicating where the challenge lies. The project will have to be resourced to make significant progress. That is the challenge.

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