Written answers

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Department of Health

National Maternity Hospital

Photo of Aidan FarrellyAidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital project; and if the project has navigated the various decision gates in order to proceed. [1853/25]

Photo of Aidan FarrellyAidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital project; the date on which it is expected to be delivered; the amount in total expended on the project to date; and if he will provide a schedule of external consultants engaged on the project to date and the costs related to those engagements. [1852/25]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1299 and 1626 together.

In July 2023, Cabinet gave approval for the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at Elm Park, co-located with St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH), to pass through Decision Gate 2 of the Public Spending Code (now Approval Gate 2 of the Infrastructure Guidelines) and proceed to tender for a main contractor to construct the hospital in line with EU and national requirements.

The main tender process began in September 2023 and is programmed to run over a period of c.18 months.

The budget for the main construction works is subject to the outcome of this tender process, the selection of the most economically advantageous tenderer(s), and the subsequent updating of the final business case for Government Approval (Approval Gate 3 of the Infrastructure Guidelines) to proceed. It is expected that construction of the hospital will commence later this year and be completed in 2029.

Construction Costs to date

A series of works were initially carried out to de-risk the campus in advance of the construction works for the new hospital and as part of the ongoing investment in our legacy health estate to address the risks on acute hospital campuses. This included enabling works, decanting, junction upgrades, and prevention works, some of which were specific planning requirements. As part of the SVUH Campus Development Plan a new pharmacy facility and extension to the existing multi-storey carpark were completed in 2021.

In parallel to the ongoing tender and procurement process, in order to construct the proposed NMH development as a single-phase development and de-risk the future site as much as possible, a number of buildings are required to be completed in advance of the commencement of the main NMH works. This will enable the decant of existing facilities and services away from the footprint of the new NMH and improve campus-wide resilience of mechanical and electrical energy for both SVUH and the new NMH.

Construction commenced on these works in December 2023. It is expected that these enabling works and the tender process will both be completed in tandem by mid-2025. The overall spend to date on these enabling works, important projects in their own right and preparations for the relocation of the NMH is €124m.

Schedule of External Consultants

The project team has advised that, to date, the total expenditure on external consultants is c.€47m. This amount is included within the above overall spend to date.

Please see below the list of consultants used to date. This list also includes the subject matter experts used by Department of Health to undertake an External Assurance and Process (EAP) review in line with the requirements of the Public Spending Code (now Infrastructure Guidelines).

  • 3DIMENSION CLEANROOMS LTD
  • ACCENTURE
  • AECOM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IRL
  • ARC ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANTS LTD
  • ARTWORKING LTD
  • AVISON YOUNG PLANNING
  • AWN CONSULTING
  • BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT
  • CADHAM CONSULTANCY LTD
  • CHRISTOPHER MEE AND ASSOCIATES
  • DRLC LTD
  • DSSR LTD
  • EUSTERILE LTD
  • EVOLVE DESIGN LTD
  • GM ASSOCIATES
  • GSP FIRE LTD
  • GVA PLANNING AND REGENERATION LTD
  • IGSL
  • IRISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANCY
  • JAE ENGINEERING LTD
  • J V TIERNEY & CO
  • KILDARE WEB SERVICES
  • KROLL ADVISORY IRELAND LIMITED
  • LARSEN WATER MANAGEMENT
  • LINESIGHT
  • LYNCH OTOOLE MARTIN ARCHITECTS
  • MARTIN ANDREWS
  • MAURICE JOHNSON & PARTNERS
  • MHC TRAFFIC LTD
  • MURPHY GEOSPATIAL
  • NATIONWIDE DATA COLLECTION LTD
  • OCONNOR SUTTON CRONIN & ASSOCIATES
  • OCCUPLI LTD
  • OCONNELL MAHON ARCHITECTS
  • OVE ARUP & PARTNERS IRELAND
  • PHILIP LEE SOLICITORS
  • PUNCH CONSULTING ENGINEERS
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
  • QUINN AGNEW LTD
  • RPS CONSULTING ENGINEERS
  • RWDI ANEMOS LTD
  • SAVILLS COMMERCIAL IRELAND LTD
  • SCOTT CAWLEY LTD
  • STRATA PROJECT SOLUTIONS LTD
  • THE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
  • TINA AUGHNEY
  • TMP ADVISORY LTD T/A MILES
  • VARMING CONSULTING ENGINEERS
  • WILLIS RISK MANAGEMENT IRELAND LTD

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