Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

9:30 am

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Moving to the operating theatres, it would be helpful for me to do a deep dive on a particular change order. Change orders would be standard on a domestic house. It would not be unheard of, nor would variations in drawings or further clarification. I am just trying to understand the involvement of subcontractors or even third-party advice on behalf of the development board. The board seems to have taken on the contractor and reviewed the situation. The way it was described in the information the board sent us, it seems they did some significant testing. Investigations were undertaken and they challenged the bid. What happened then?

Was there a revision where the board got advice from outside or was it simply that BAM undertook to take on that work for a cost much lower than what was originally estimated?

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