Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Mr. Moloney on his appointment. I often say it is a poisoned chalice, depending on the way in which one is coming in here. One could say the Committee of Public Accounts and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are on the same side. We should be working closely together. The committee makes recommendations based on the information given to us by the Department. It is all about working towards the public purse and how we can save money. That is why, particularly when the committee requires information, I do not see any reason for obfuscation in that regard. The committee and the Department should be in line with one another.

To continue on from the questions asked by Deputy Carroll MacNeill, the construction material price inflation on public works projects was reviewed recently. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform recently announced the inflation co-operation framework, which will pay up to 70% of the builder's inflation-related construction costs. What impact will that have on the national children's hospital from a cost perspective? What is the estimate of our guests in that regard?