Taoiseach asked to correct Dáil record over 'misleading' remarks on hospital cost overruns

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been asked to correct the Dáil record after previously claiming that a senior official was not obliged to tell the Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe of rising costs for the children's hospital.

Social Democrats TD Roisin Shortall said it was clear now that a senior official with the Department of Public Expenditure (DPER) was required to tell his line minister about the overruns.