Donnelly ‘fully expects’ new National Children’s Hospital to be completed this year

The Government has repeatedly defended the overspend at the hospital as the total bill soared past €2.2bn, following a half-a-billion top-up in February. Picture: Brian lawless/PA

The health minister has said he “fully expects” completion of the long-delayed new National Children’s Hospital this year.

Stephen Donnelly said that the main contractor has told the project’s development board that it will hand over the multibillion-euro hospital in the last three months of 2024.