Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

Mr. John Pollock:

The BAM bid was €640 million. That is purely construction. It does not include VAT, the two urgent care centres at Connolly and Tallaght hospitals, the decant and crèche at Tallaght Hospital, the enabling works, the decant at St. James's Hospital and aspergillus treatment so there are a lot of other construction contracts that are part of the children's hospital. The construction piece tendered by BAM in 2016 was €640 million and that piece has increased to €890 million. On top of that-----