Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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381. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the original agreed tender with a company (details supplied) for the children’s hospital in St. James's; and the amount it has increased to. [6402/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Contract tenders were received from the main contractor, mechanical and electrical installation contractors and lift contractors in October 2016. The most competitive tender sum, excluding VAT, in total was €637m, of which €432m applied to the main contractor.

Following completion of the Guaranteed Maximum Price Process (GMP) in November 2018, the total adjusted GMP construction budget is €890m excluding VAT, of which €556m applies to the main contractor.