Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion

Mr. Derek Tierney:

We advised the Government last year that there will be increased cost as a consequence of delay. That is not news today; that was a stated fact approximately four months ago. I am not going to answer that question definitively for the very reason that the board is engaged in a live commercial environment with the contractor. The contractor has a position on what his entitlement is and the board has equally taken a position on what that is. I do not want to get into a discussion around setting a precedent or giving any signal in terms of a definitive costs. I do not think that would be wise for the Exchequer at this stage.

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