Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Fionnuala Duffy:

No, that relates to broader ICT. The difference between the €1.4 billion and the €1.7 billion is made up of three components, namely, ICT investment, service integration and the children's research centre. There are three different funding sources for those. The ICT component is approximately €97 million and is funded through ICT capital. That is what will be needed over a number of years between now and the hospital opening. The integration programme is funded through revenue, as is done through the Estimates process each year, and it is approximately €88 million. It is well under way and some work has taken place in that regard. The third component, which represents the overall investment on this campus associated with this project, involves construction of a children's research and innovation centre. It was always intended for that to be funded through philanthropy funding. However, it is incorporated in the €1.7 billion total of which we advised the Government because that reflects the total investment from all sources, including capital, philanthropy, various non-Exchequer revenue and ICT funding.