€66m intended for children's hospital has been diverted to Covid-19 projects

Construction of the new National Children's Hospital taking place in Dublin.

Opposition leaders have raised serious questions after learning that €66m of funding allocated to the National Children's Hospital has been diverted into Covid-19 projects.

Labour leader, Alan Kelly, has suggested that there is now a "profiling of the spending on the hospital happening" and called for  clarity from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB).