The cost of the new Children's Hospital looks set to rise again.
The board of the National Children’s Hospital believes it will have to pay out 54 million to BAM, the main contractor, to cover the cost of rising construction inflation.
The children’s hospital is the biggest single health infrastructure project in the history of the state.
The board of the national children’s hospital believes it will have to pay out €54 million to BAM, the main contractor, to cover the cost of rising construction inflation.
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Sinn Féin's health spokesman, David Cullinane, says every few months there are cost overruns.
"Over the course of the last year, both at the Public Accounts Committee and at the Oireachtas Health Committee, we've heard from the Pediatric health board that increased costs were likely."
"Increased inflation costs were going to add to the overall cost of building the hospital," Cullinane added.
