Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Public Accounts Committee

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018

9:00 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I am sorry for interrupting but I am caught for time. We know all of that. It has been aired publicly. Does anyone have anything else? No. That is fine.

I asked at last week's health committee meeting about additional claims for the project, so I presume Mr. Gunning or Mr. Barry will have an answer today. They outlined how just over €1 million to date has been paid in extra charges. Correct me if I am wrong because this is from memory since the Official Report of that meeting is not up yet. That was approximately 50% of overall claims. The witnesses acknowledged that smaller claims are quicker than larger claims, which is obvious to most people. I asked how much of the claims were based on the Connolly site rather than the main site and the witnesses were to come back to me but they have not yet. Presumably they have the answer to that.