Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The developer is claiming it is all those design changes that have run up this bill. The board, on the other hand, is claiming it is project delivery. There is now a stand-off between the two sides. That is not really of much use to any of us, especially the children that are waiting to get treatment in that hospital. The matter has to be resolved and it is very hard to understand why that stand-off has not been resolved long before now.

I will start with the number of design changes. How many design changes have there been on this project?