Midlands TD Says Children's Hospital Should Be Moved To Department Of Public Expenditure

The €1.7 billion project is facing further delays and budget overruns.

A midlands TD believes the management of the National Children's Hospital should be moved to the Department of Public Expenditure.

The project is facing further delays and budget overruns, with a dispute between the board and the contractor over who should pay for the closure and re-opening of the site during covid-19.

Seán Fleming - chair of the last Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee - says the contract has been wrongly put into the hands of the Department of Health - which is also currently dealing with the covid-19 crisis.

The Laois-Offaly Fianna Fáil TD says the last government had a problematic approach to the project:

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