Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On that, I note the frustration in Mr. Gunning's statement about the timelines. In the past 12 months alone, BAM has pushed out the completion date four times and the NPHDB has looked for further assurances and guarantees, but it is reasonable to expect that when one comes to the end of a project this size there will be further delays. Can Mr. Gunning sit before the committee and give us an assurance that he does not believe it will be pushed out again? I do not think anybody here believes there will not be further delays. I must put it to Mr. Gunning that it will be, most likely, 2027 before a sick child is treated in the national children's hospital.