Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Derek Tierney:

That is incorrect. The budget has not been breached. The €1.433 billion is still intact and 70% of it has been drawn down for the construction works. The current sanction is still in place. If and when, due to upward pressures, the budget needs to increase, we will return to the Government.