Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Okay, but can the Minister accept that the figure of €800 million is floating around? A contractor who knows that this project will be coming out for tender and will know that the actual costs of the construction build for the building at €5,000 per square metre will be €275 million. We have now inflated and almost doubled the cost of the hospital ourselves before we ever put it out to tender.

To go back to the business case, can the Minister give us details about why this is under review? Can he give us details about the enabling works? As I understand it, the enabling works are something in the region of 20,000 sq m, which would result in approximately €50 million in costs. Is that what we are looking out for the enabling works and the car park?