Together they made up the Children’s Hospital Project and Programme Board, which had been established by the Government to ensure that the project was delivered against agreed parameters in relation to timeline, scope and funding. However, almost from the time of the Cabinet decision to give it the go-ahead, the children’s hospital project had faced financial pressures. December 2017In December, the Children’s Hospital Project and Programme Board reviewed and rejected a “backstop” plan to generate savings of € 61 million. March 2018In March, Pollock told the group that pricing agreements with contractors were “unsatisfactory”. September 2018On Wednesday, September 19th, members of the Children’s Hospital Project and Programme Board held detailed discussions about the costs and raised concerns that construction costs were “trending very significantly over budget”.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2019 00:00 UTC