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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Has the board entered into any new contractual arrangements that were not in place at the end of December last year?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Gunning mentioned that additional procurement will be needed for equipment for the project. Can everything for the period from 1 January 2019 to the hand-over of the hospital be completed for €176 million to give the figure of €1.433 billion? We are not talking about inflation. Does Mr. Gunning have an estimate of what further costs will be incurred to complete the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, I have said that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Of course. I am looking at the full length of the contract.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does that €155 million cover everything the board will expect up to the end of 2023?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: We dealt with those issues in our periodic report so we understand that. We had a brief discussion on that. The board is operating on a very tight amount. A total of 88% of the costs of completion to 2023 has already been committed. That leaves very little. Is Mr. Gunning satisfied that the small amount of €155 million will see out the remaining life of the project?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: We know that tenders are subject to inflation and other elements such as new design and whatever else.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Barry is a very experienced man. What would be the industry norm for claims submitted by experienced contractors versus what they end up getting? Would they normally end up getting 60% or 70% of the claim?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will direct some questions to Mr. Breslin. I am still on the same topic but I want some information from him. There was talk about the HSE's capital plan and whether it would impact on other projects. I do not have the figures in front of me so I will be guided by Mr. Breslin's figures. What are the global figures for the HSE capital plan for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: No, per annum. They were quite late coming out. What is the approximate global figure per annum?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: This year, it is about €650 million and next year, it will be approximately €700 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: What will it be in 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: What is €880 million?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Could Mr. Breslin give me the total amount for the capital plan?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Breslin is adding figures up in his head and I am not with him. To come back to the figures for 2019, 2020 and 2021, what is the total in the capital plan?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: The figure for this year is €642 million. What was the Department's payment to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board this year? The Oireachtas grant was €128 million.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: For 2018. What has the Department allocated to the NPHDB for construction for this year?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is obviously more than last year. The amount is cranking up and I can understand that. Page 26 refers to total capital commitments in the future. The money for 2018 has been paid. Mr. Gunning stated the board's balance sheet at the end of December last year showed contracted capital commitments to be paid within one year, which means in 2019, of €265 million. They are not in...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: Based on how the board is phasing the works, Mr. Gunning is saying that in 2019 when he finished the audited accounts, which were only signed off a few weeks ago, contracts had been entered into that he expected to be paid in 2019 of €265 million. Is that a correct reading of the position? It might not turn out exactly that way.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am taking the figures from the audited financial statement.