Contractor claims 'have not had a material impact' on children's hospital price, Oireachtas Committee to hear

The chair of the board tasked with overseeing the building of the new national children’s hospital will tell a committee tomorrow that contractor claims “have not had a material impact to date” on the Guaranteed Maximum Price, set at €1.433bn.

In his opening statement to the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee, Fred Barry, chair of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB), will also remind the committee that residual risks remain and that “some of these risks are under our control and some are not”.