Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2019
270. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of the national children's hospital in each year between 2020 and 2023; the amount in each year that has been accounted for in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount that is in excess of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43548/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe new Children’s Hospital is a vital and much needed project and the Government will ensure that the new Children’s Hospital will be delivered within the overall investment programme, as set out in Project Ireland 2040.
In December 2018 the Government approved the construction investment for the new children's hospital and two outpatients and urgent care centres, at a capital cost of €1,433 million.
The 2019 Capital Plan provides for funding of €881m for the new children’s hospital over the three-year period 2019-2021. The profiling of this funding is reviewed on an ongoing basis and the latest estimated expenditure in 2019 is €230m, with a resulting cashflow balance of €20m being carried forward to 2020, where expenditure of €316m is forecast, with €335m profiled in 2021.
