Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. David Gunning:

I was not - I joined the board, the contract was in place with the contractor and they are the terms that were agreed. As for how this happened, I presume it was through a negotiation, Deputy McAuliffe. I am dealing with what exists and if it does exist, that is it. I think that was a reasonable assessment at the time that the risk would be taken up to that level-----