Irish leaders attend UN assembly while national children’s hospital faces further delays
American actor Meryl Streep and Tánaiste Micheál Martin at the United Nations building in New York on Monday. Photograph: Phil Behan/DFAOur politics team’s behind-the-scenes take on events of the day. Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday when the Dáil sits
Yesterday in New York, he said: “You should ask where the criticism came from and how the letter was circulated and by whom and for what purpose. It was circulated from the Israeli embassy.” Later today, the Taoiseach will hold bilateral meetings with King Abdullah of Jordan and the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres.
It’s yet another example, too, of a project backed by the State that has no relationship with the concept of “on time” and “on budget”.The opening statement of the chief officer of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board , David Gunning, is scathing of the contractor Bam which – at current estimates – will be over 2½ years behind schedule in delivering the hospital.
That’s pretty damning. Bam, for its part, has rejected those allegations and has maintained the hospital-build phase is now 93 per cent complete, notwithstanding what it says was much additional work generated by a substantial number of design changes.It’s unusual with just a week to go that the budget is not dominating everybody’s thoughts.
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