'It cost less than €200,000 and took a few weeks. Mistakenly or not, BAM still issued an invoice to the State for the full €25,000,000' - Health Minister Stephen Donnelly informs the Oireachtas Health Committee.

Last month, The Chief Executive of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board appeared before the Oireachtas Health Committee to outline why construction company BAM has moved its completion date 14 times in the past four years.

David Gunning told the committee the approach being taken by BAM shows complete disregard for sick children, young people and their families.

Committee member Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway said he was not confident the committee will get all the information they need.

“We need to know when this facility will be opened so sick children in Ireland can be cared for in a facility where they deserve to be cared for,” he said.

“Where are the spiralling costs going to end? Serious questions have to be asked.

“I’m hopeful that we’ll get some answers; am I confident? I am but I’m hopeful.”

Senator Conway said the public deserve to know how much more of their money might need to be spent on extra construction costs.

“We need to find out in granular detail exactly what’s happened, how much this has overrun so far and what is it likely to overrun,” he said.

“We’re told figures of €2.24 billion, will it stop at that and what is the worst case scenario.”
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