Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Public Accounts Committee

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Phelim Devine:

Approximately €25 million worth of what we call group 1 equipment is embedded in the BAM contract. That would be subject to the 4% inflation clause we discussed earlier. The balance of the equipment is our responsibility to procure.

To date, therefore, the Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown outpatient urgent care centre has been delivered under budget. Equipping out the Tallaght University Hospital facility, which is to be delivered by September to November this year, is trending under budget. That budget is approximately €2.3 million. We are going to deliver that under budget. The hospital then is approximately €100 million. Including VAT, it is €104 million. That is trending slightly above but we are working very hard with CHI to bring that back within budget. It is very slightly over at the moment. We have not, as yet, seen any major increases in medical equipment procurement but we are just starting that process. We have a couple of procurements under way.

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