Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

 

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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To be completely clear, I will be in a position to talk about projects throughout 2019. I am very confident at this point that we will be able to meet the additional costs arising from the national children's hospital and meet specific commitments for projects in the next year. I believe we will be able to do that.

In regard to the information that was available to me, when I became aware of this issue - I outlined the timing to Deputy McGrath, which the Minister for Health has confirmed - I became very heavily involved. I met the chairman of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and I had a lot of engagement with the Department of Health on the matter to see how it could be moved forward and resolved.