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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.

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

Seán Fleming: There might be a slight difference.

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

Seán Fleming: Yes.

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

Seán Fleming: It was a couple of weeks ago. Fine.

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

Seán Fleming: Starting into 2019, it was expected that €265 million would be paid in respect of contracts entered into-----

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

Seán Fleming: -----as part of the project. That money would come from the board. Is that correct?

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

Seán Fleming: Okay. We are agreed. It would be something close to €265 million. I now move to the period "between one and two years". This refers to figures for after the end of 2019 but before the end of 2020. The accounts were finished at the end of 2018. Year one would have been 2019. Is that correct?