Minister James Reilly due before High Court over architecture bill

The Minister for Health, James Reilly, is due before the High Court today over an alleged unpaid debt in relation to a planned private medical centre.

James Reilly is being jointly sued, along with his business partners, by a firm of architects for €100,000 for work on the proposed Airside Clinic in Swords, Co. Dublin.

PM Group was hired in 2007 to draw up plans for the multi-million euro, four-storey private medical centre, for which work never started despite planning permission being granted.

Minister Reilly denies that he owes the company any money.