Irish Examiner view: Fiasco over children's hospital must never be repeated

If there was one note of hope following the litany of woes that has beset the project, it came from Tánaiste Micheál Martin, who said that the Government would not roll over on further demands for funding

BAM submitted 2,782 extra claim costs for the National Children's Hospital. Picture: Colin Keegan

We have come to expect delays, problems and eye-watering budget overruns when it comes to the new National Children’s Hospital, yet the details that emerged from yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) still had the power to shock. To outrage even.

As PAC chairman Brian Stanley said, it was “absolutely outrageous stuff” to hear that no financial penalties had been levied on building contractors BAM for ongoing delays.