Mr. David Gunning:

I can start on those. As I mentioned in my comments, the substantial completion is set for March 2024. That is what the contractor has confirmed to us. There will of course be a period of commissioning to follow that by the hospital by Children's Health Ireland, CHI, which is the hospital operating entity. My colleagues here can discuss that.

On the costs and to the ongoing analysis, as I have mentioned to the committee before, we have been and continue to analyse all the costs in this project. There is a range of cost elements. We have already signalled that the costs will increase, which is predominantly due to the fact that this is a prolonged programme. We are looking at a 17-month extension of the programme beyond the contractual completion date. It was due to complete in August 2022. It was then extended to October 2022 because of Covid-19. We are looking at an extension of that period and that will bring additional costs. I can say to the committee that we are engaged in a detailed process with stakeholders, who are here today, in terms of the analysis and landing those costs in a particular way that we feel comfortable to share that with colleagues here and with the Government at the appropriate time.