Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

BAM has a reputation of going in at tender with a lower price and then making up by way of claims. Essentially, it is demoralising to other construction firms that tender in a different way. At a previous Committee of Public Accounts session, BAM was described as hostile and was said to have a culture of claiming. How the NPHDB matches that is the key issue in terms of fighting fire with fire and, certainly, the NPHDB is disputing and going through every single solitary claim. How much is the NPHDB withholding in terms of monthly certified payments? What other aspects are we seeing of the hospital board showing teeth in terms of how it is dealing with this kind of culture?