Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Public Accounts Committee

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. David Gunning:

Again, this is currently live in the High Court, but I can give a couple of lines if that will assist the committee. This is around a particular position where the contractor received an instruction to commence works. It regarded the instruction it received from the employer's representative as invalid. The response of the development board was that we did not believe we could accept that and, therefore, have referred the issue of the instruction for the phase B works to the High Court for resolution. There may be a mention in the High Court today on that particular issue. I remind the committee that all of our disputes processes are subject to a moratorium. While there is a moratorium these issues are not progressing; they are paused temporarily.