New National Children's Hospital will not be complete until 2024 at the earliest

A drone image of building works on the National Children's Hospital.

Construction of the National Children’s Hospital is set to finish by the end of 2023, but a further nine months for fit-out means patients will not be treated their until 2024 at the earliest.

The estimated cost is now at least €1.7bn, but the Government has said it still does not have a definitive figure.