Children's Hospital contractor submits 600 claims for extra costs totalling more than €200m

Building works taking place on the site of the new National Children’s Hospital in Dublin. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

More than 600 claims for extra costs of more than €200m have been submitted by the National Children's Hospital contractor, it has been revealed.

However, Oireachtas Health Committee has been told that the board does not have a revised cost for the project and is still working to the original €1.433bn budget despite receiving a significant number of claims.