'All options being considered' on proposed €70m children's science museum

Official did not answer multiple questions as to whether the State could take the financial hit of walking away from the project

A visualisation of the proposed but as yet unrealised national children’s science centre. Picture: 3ddesignbureau.com

One of the country’s most senior civil servants has said that “all options are being considered” with regard to possibly walking away from the proposed €70m children’s science museum in Dublin.

David Moloney, secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure, acknowledged that no resolution has been found for the situation, which sees the State saddled with a legal obligation to build the museum, despite no department being willing to do so and no source of funding having been identified.