Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but sure I said in my answer to the Deputy that I accepted we had to learn lessons from it. On the other hand, now that we publish a cost span for huge projects, we receive commentary in respect of their cost being too big. We acknowledged what went wrong with the national children's hospital project and we have learned to fix it. While I deeply regret some of the issues that happened in the hospital along the way, and I have acknowledged my role in it on multiple occasions, I equally know that when we have the hospital opened and staffed, children will be getting better healthcare, will recover quickly and will have healthier and better lives. I think this is a goal worth going for.