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:
I will ask Mr. Devine to deal with the detail on that but I can give the Deputy one sentence which is that early access is in advance of substantial completion. As I am sure the Deputy is well aware, once a contractor takes over a site like that, it is theirs. Therefore, allowing us or anybody else onto it is what they call privileged or early access, which is what we have negotiated with BAM. There was an element of early access in the contract that was signed back in August 2017. We are now looking at a slightly larger - 30% of the floor area - early access, which will allow a meaningful opportunity for CHI to get into those particular areas.
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