The Public Accounts Committee is seeking "immediate clarity" in any possible conflict of interest over professional services firm PwC which not only advised health chiefs on the children's hospital but also completed a review of the project.

A delay of two-and-a-half years can be expected should an alternative site to the Mater be chosen for the children’s hospital, it has been claimed.

Contentious plans for a National Children’s Hospital have been thrown into further disarray with the second resignation of a project chairman.

OVER €11 million spent drawing up the original plans to relocate Temple Street Children’s Hospital may go to waste because they predate the decision to build a national children’s hospital.