Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

9:30 am

Mr. David Gunning:

The first one was initiated by the development board. That is the phase B and structure. In that situation, the contractor was claiming that the instruction received was invalid. This was an issue which the development board felt it could not allow to sit unchallenged and that is now in front of the High Court. As I said, discovery is ongoing. As to when it will be resolved, it would be optimistic to say 2025. There is a counter claim and money involved in this. I can provide that detail but I just do not have it at my fingers.