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:
I can only comment on the figure of €1.88 billion, which is the development board’s element of that. As I stated earlier - I think it was in response to Deputy Murphy's question - we have undertaken many scenarios that fed into the amount of money that we requested from the Government. Those scenarios involved contingencies and various other elements, as well as sweeping up many items that were excluded from the 2018 approval. I cannot take account of a scenario, such as a new Covid pandemic or something that is off the charts. In terms of where we are, however, we are confident that we can deliver the project within the figure of €1.88 billion.