David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. To repeat what I have said several times when the witnesses were here, we all want this hospital built as quickly as possible because we are all dealing with children who need better healthcare and better health outcomes. We also know that when the hospital is built, it will provide significant additional capacity for children. I hope we are all on the same page about wanting this built as quickly as possible.

I would like to ask Mr. Gunning a number of questions for clarity purposes. The overall approved total programme cost for the hospital, according to the most recent information I have been given through a parliamentary question, is €1.73 billion, of which €1.433 billion is the approved capital cost. That €1.7 billion includes all the sites, the electronic health records and all that but the capital element of that is €1.433 billion. Is that correct?