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- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: On the payment for July, in the absence of a programme for future progress, which CHI was not getting, and trying to advance the project, it did not have a satisfactory schedule from BAM. CHI then got that and released the payment but withheld 15%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: On costs, we are now looking at this project running until January 2026. A figure €2.5 billion was mentioned, but it is safe to say, at this stage, it will go over €2 billion. That is as far as we will go for now. The original budget was €900 million. This increased to €1.433 billion in 2018. There is now a request for more. Mr. Tierney said he cannot state...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: That reflects the post-Covid surge in prices in construction generally.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: It can be seen, however, when the budget started at just over €900 million, then went to €1.43 billion, and that we will go way past €1.7 billion given what we heard this morning and the information CHI supplied, that the runaway nature of it is obviously of huge concern. It is about trying to rein that in. It was illuminating what was said regarding claims. There were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: Some are more than €100 million, although that is the figure being put on it by BAM.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: What is the highest claim?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: It could be €200 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: Will the CHI contest that vigorously?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. I will open for a second round of questions. Deputy Catherine Murphy has seven minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will come back to the Deputy again for another round. With regard to the procurement process, PwC stated that significant failures occurred during the crucial planning and budgeting stages of the project, that the basis of the original budget was flawed and that risks were underestimated in the business case. It stated there was a lack of sufficient comprehensive and robust planning for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: I mentioned three things. I do not expect our guests to agree with my observations on the location, design and contract. These are what I was referring to. With regard to the contract itself, PwC examined this matter. From my reading of this, the design was not finally nailed down until nearly three years after the contract was awarded. The first phase of the contract was in 2016 and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: On the day of the site visit, in the presence of a member of the board and a member of BAM management, I asked to be shown an example of something that had brought about a claim. I was shown a doorway and window that had to be moved slightly. Am I correct in saying that during the process over the past five years - I know there was a period at the beginning before the contract was awarded...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am trying to understand this. The public are trying to understand it. I accept there will be claims. If it was only a house that was being built, there would be variations. However, there is a substantial number of them in this case. A substantial amount of money is being sought. I am trying to get my head around how this came about. Is it the case that there were design changes and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is what I am asking about.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: A lot of claims arose from that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: How much has the design team been paid to date?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: How much will they have been paid by the time the ribbon is cut? What is the total?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: A figure must have been agreed at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Brian Stanley: They could be on site for another two years.