Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 January 2019

Public Accounts Committee

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017

9:00 am

Mr. Jim Breslin:

I agree with that with one proviso. This is not a traditional project where the claims come in after the contract is awarded. It has a guaranteed maximum price. The study we are doing is for things that would not normally be provided for under a contract. It is an achievement to have a guarantee on the maximum price which means that the contractor cannot come back during the course of building this and say that more cement or more fittings are needed.