The contractor on the National Children's Hospital has submitted claims for more money, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. As a result, the final cost of the National Children's Hospital will exceed €2 billion, Labour's Alan Kelly said. "There has been no change to the budget allocated (for the National Children's Hospital) in December 2018," he said. "The contracter has, however, submitted claims and these have to be adjudicated. The Ceann Comhairle responded by telling Ms Smith: “Deputy, I admire your passion for the issue, but you are a little misguided.

Source: Irish Examiner November 05, 2019 17:23 UTC