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-----