Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

Mr. Tom Costello:

I will cover that but I just want to clarify that the figures of €640 million and €890 million relate to the construction price. Regarding the overall development, the figure at the end of stage two is €1.433 billion. We are certain at this stage that through the design process and the contractors because we have gone through everything - we talk about quantum and we now know exactly what the quantities are - the contractors have bought into and now take the risk on the quantity so it is down to the finest detail-----