Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it was 'scandalous' that Government agents got the estimates of the National Children’s Hospital project so wrong.
The Taoiseach has said it was "scandalous" that Government agents got the estimates of the National Children’s Hospital project so wrong.
Speaking on Newstalk radio, Leo Vardakar said those agents made "big mistakes in calculating the costs of the hospital", but added it is money that will not be wasted. Last month, the Oireachtas Health Committee heard that the cost of the hospital was €450m higher than the figure of €983m approved by the Government in 2017.
Mr Varadkar said if things were done better, he does not think it would have reduced the overall cost.Mr Varadkar defended the location of the NCH site as co-located with St James' Hospital, and said that the value of the project should never be forgotten.The Taoiseach said that the Government has to learn from the mistakes made on the National Children’s Hospital before signing up to the National Broadband Plan.
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