Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the cost overrun of the national children’s hospital; his further plans to conduct an evaluation of the oversight role of his Department for major construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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On the 12th of February, I published how the €99m necessary this year for the timely provision of the National Children’s Hospital will be accommodated with a minimum of disruption to the scheduled rollout of key infrastructure projects under Project Ireland 2040. I also detailed reforms designed to ensure world class project management across the whole of Government.

I have also outlined the progress made delivering projects on time and on budget but it is clear that the experience of the National Children’s Hospital must be drawn upon, and lessons learned, to ensure that this type of cost overrun is avoided in future and that our project management procedures keep pace with international best practices. Reforms to public procurement processes, and to the Public Spending Code, which were put in train in the context of Project Ireland 2040 are accordingly being stepped up and accelerated.