Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
Mr. Phelim Devine:
I will break it down into two. All the equipment that requires to be built into the hospital has been procured. There is approximately €25 million of BAM-procured equipment as part of the contract. The pendants going into the hospital are an example of that. They are Draeger pendants. These are the first use of those pendants in Europe. We got them in them into the children's hospital and they are the latest technology. We also procured €18 million of MRIs, CTs, X-ray equipment, bedpan washers and macerators for the hospital. Some is manufactured and some is going into manufacture. As Mr. Gunning said, we are waiting for the final dates from BAM. It is BAM's responsibility to co-ordinate the insulation dates under the contract with the vendors who will actually fit out the hospital. There is another €60 million worth of group 3 or 4 equipment, which is loose equipment or plug-and-play that plugs into a data point or socket. We have procured about €4 million of that and €13 million is in procurement. We will substantially complete that procurement in 2023.
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