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:

On the contracts, there was a very thoughtful approach in how we went through a competitive bidding process. At the end of the day there are strict EU rules that govern procurement. If somebody has failed to deliver a project or to deliver a project in a safe manner, the contract might be terminated, but so far there has been no basis to deal with any contract in that way because, apart from our management team and board, we now have BAM Ireland, H. A. O'Neill Limited and Mercury Engineering Ireland on our team. They are three of the five biggest contractors in the country. We have the resources-----