Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 June 2023

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

Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health

Mr. Derek Tierney:

They employers representative, ER, which is an independent entity under the construction contract under the public-works contract framework, has reviewed all claims by the contractor on behalf of the employer. For example, of the 1,600 claims being made by the contractor that they have an entitlement to something like €670 million, the ER has taken the view that there is about €12 million of value in that. That is the difference of opinion.