Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion

Mr. David Gunning:

I think the best proxy we have currently is as referred to by Mr. Tierney. BAM is claiming €503 million and the independent employer's representative has valued BAM's claims at €9 million. When we offset from that the savings and the employer's claims of approximately €5.5 million, the net change to the contract as of today - the additional cost to the State - is €7.5 million on the €880 million contract. That is the best indication we can give currently. We cannot give assurance that some of these big claims will not land in BAM's favour, but we are doing everything we can to defend against those claims. I give that assurance.

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