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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It gobbled it up.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The yield from the sale of the national lottery licence, which everybody in Ireland was assured would do directly towards funding the hospital, went directly to the Exchequer.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It went into the central fund of Government. I want to put it on the record that it did not go directly to the children's hospital. I am sorry for the interruption but €200 million is a lot of money.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. Breslin have a schedule which he can share with the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Now that Mr. Breslin has mentioned the Mater, how much has been written off by the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is there another €40 million to deal with the Mater issue?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Breslin elaborate on the €40 million he mentioned in regard to the Mater campus?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Breslin ask one of his support staff to have that information emailed to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are not a bit happy but we are listening.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are coming to that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Did that go through the same rigor as the bigger additional spend?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Okay, so we are at €1.73 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is €270 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Department is hoping to get philanthropic funding of €270 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: No, it is in the €1.7 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will open up the meeting to Deputies in a few minutes. I want first to get clarification on some of the large figures because there is total confusion, which is due to the volume of information. The total cost as of now to get the hospital up and running is €1.733 billion and of that the Department expects to get €150 million by way of philanthropy, plus €18 million...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Okay, we are nearly there. We are at €1.733 million. We are accustomed to seeing hospitals constructed but lying idle with no staffing. What will be the annual operating costs for the children's hospital when is up and running?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We need that figure soon. I ask Mr. Breslin to have one of his staff ensure it is sent to us now by email.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: I would have expected to be told the operating costs of the hospital. Is the Department making provision for this additional cost?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have one final question, following which I will call Deputy Kelly. I would prefer if the information requested could be emailed to the secretariat which can then distribute it to members because that is the best way of ensuring we all get it. Phase A was the ground works below ground level. Phase B is the construction above. The detailed design was done for the phase A tender and for...