Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I can give Deputy Tóibín the absolute assurance that they will not be deleted or delayed. The national children's hospital is costing much more than was projected, but it is also taking a lot longer than was projected, so the amount of money being spent each year is largely in profile and for that reason it will not impact other capital projects.

The national broadband plan is now running under budget, and is actually speeding up, so I am very confident that the national broadband plan will come in at a lot less than the €3 billion allocated and the delivery of it is really speeding up in the last couple of months. It is not always the case that any national project is late and over budget. The NBP is an example of the reverse.

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