Children's hospital development board faces grilling by Oireachtas committee

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is expected to tell TDs and senators that the hospital will not be handed over until 2025, with an expectation that it will not open until 2026. Picture: NPHDB

Officials from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) will face a grilling by an Oireachtas committee on  Wednesday as the fallout of a further delay to the National Children’s Hospital continues. 

The board is expected to tell TDs and senators that the hospital will not be handed over until 2025, with an expectation that the facility itself will not open its doors until 2026.