Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Public Accounts Committee
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. David Gunning:
It is safe to say that the resolved claims are included in that €50 million of additional cost. On the claims that have gone on to the second, third and fourth phases of the disputes process, all remain unresolved. That is 2,200 or so individual claims. I will give one sentence on the claims. It will give a sense of the question I am sure committee members will have - "Where is the money?" At the small end, there are 1,637 claims that are all for under €10,000 each, which amount to €2.1 million. That is 1,600 claims. At the other end, there are 16 claims that account for approximately €800 million. The money is in 16 large extension-of-time claims, which is where a lot of our time, money, attention and expertise have been focused in defending these particular significant claims.
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