Ensuring value for taxpayers money should be priority

There is something inherent in Ireland’s institutional and political structure that renders it nigh on impossible to devise and deliver policy, particularly in the sphere of capital investment.
The delivery of the children’s hospital has turned into a total and very damaging fiasco. This is not least due to the fact that its location makes very little sense, but the manner in which it was originally costed has turned it into a PR nightmare at the very least for Government.