Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management
2:00 am
Mr. David Moloney:
Most projects, and particularly projects that are relatively standardised, come in on time and in budget. There are particular challenges around some very large major megaprojects and I suppose the children's hospital brought that very much to the forefront or very much to light.
In effect, over the last number of years the conversation around the children's hospital in part has been constant, so the allocation might not be changed more than once a year in relation to it. The timing of that is also influenced by commercial considerations because the allocation is partly the result of our commercial exchange with the contractors. That can happen according to a cycle that is really about the negotiation with the contractors but there is an ongoing discussion. We have monthly meetings with the Department of Health where we go through a range of issues. Those meetings would have visibility on issues like the children's hospital and its potential future costs.
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