Cost of children's hospital to increase by €500m with total now topping €2bn

The Government said that the approved increase in the capital budget 'will address areas identified in the 2019 report, the New Children’s Hospital Independent Review of Escalation in Costs, carried out by PwC'

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The total cost of the National Children’s Hospital is set to increase by €500m, Cabinet has been told.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly informed his Cabinet colleagues that the overall cost of constructing the hospital had risen, bringing the total to over €2.24bn.