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. David Gunning:

Yes. We have a total number of claims, in money, of €756 million. Sixteen claims account for 76% of that money, which is approximately €573 million. The total number of working days claimed under those 16 claims is 2,376 days. As I said, these are claims the contractor made for delay events or compensation events. Compensation events are usually material changes or whatever and delay events are time, meaning it took longer and the contractor is claiming it is our fault that happened. Those 16 claims are where the action is. They are all very significant delay claims around extensions of time where the contractor is seeking compensation for the extended programme. This project was due to complete by August 2022. It was extended because of Covid and other extensions to November 2022. That is the contractual stake in the ground. The time after that is the delay time. The contractor says at the moment that it is going to finish in May 2024. That is the extension of time or delay that the contractor is seeking to cover.

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