Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2020
799. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the new national maternity hospital; the estimated timeline for delivery; the estimated cost to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36796/20]
View answerThe project to co-locate relocation of the National Maternity Hospital on the St Vincent’s University Hospital Campus is progressing. Site preparatory and enabling works, required to support the relocation of the new National Maternity Hospital, are underway at present and consists of Aspergillus prevention works, campus infrastructural upgrade works, enabling works / site preparation works, and the construction of a new Pharmacy and multi storey car-park extension.
The preparatory works commenced on the campus in early 2018 with a programme of Aspergillus prevention works. Construction of the new pharmacy and the multi-storey car-park will conclude in 2021. The budget for these works is €51.7m, of which €33.4m has been expended to date. A further series of the Advance works will be undertaken through to mid-2022 and will be subject to a future procurement process.
With the exception of the construction works which are contractually committed as listed above, no further contractual commitments have been entered into with respect to works to the new National Maternity Hospital project.
The new National Maternity Hospital project is required to progress through a number of approval stages, in line with the Public Spending Code, before a firm timeline or funding requirement can be established.
