Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 April 2017
552. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 28 March 2017, the basis for his view that the final construction elements of the project compare favourably to the costs of international projects of a similar size and scale; when the cost benefit analysis will be complete; and his plans to publish this in the interests of transparency [16631/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has benchmarked the post-tender construction costs of the new children's hospital against construction costs for major acute hospitals internationally. This exercise demonstrates that construction elements of the project compare favourably to the costs of international projects of a similar size and scale when benchmarked at cost per bed or per square metre.
The Definitive Business Case sets out a detailed analysis of the costs of the new children's hospital and satellite centres and the associated benefits.
The Final Project Brief, which includes the Definitive Business Case, has been submitted to my Department and I intend to bring a Memorandum to Government on this very shortly. The Definitive Business Case will be made available following Ministerial consent and HSE approval of the Final Project Brief, in accordance with the statutory approval process.
