The €1.4 billion price-tag for the national children’s hospital is a “reasonable” one, Minister for Health Simon Harris has said. Fianna Fáil health spokesman Stephen Donnelly had asked the Minister if he felt the projected €1.4 billion cost represented a reasonable price for building the hospital. I wish it could be cheaper, but I do,” Mr Harris said. Mr Harris told the committee he remained unaware of the scale of emerging cost overruns at the national children’s hospital for almost a year. Mr Donnelly said the costs were escalating “to the tune of several hundred millions of euro” at this time.

Source: The Irish Times February 06, 2019 11:10 UTC