Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

The overspend and the massive delay that exists in the national children's hospital exists because of the ill-defined, woolly confusion in that hospital contract. The contract for the national children's hospital was signed by the Taoiseach, Simon Harris, and it has proven to be a shambles. It has created an open chequebook for BAM. I have the bill of quantities for the tender for the national maternity hospital. It appears that the Government is again rushing to tender before the job is properly designed. It also appears that the bill of quantities for the national maternity hospital is as half-baked as the contract for the national children's hospital. I understand that there are only two companies now tendering for the mechanical elements of the national maternity hospital contract. It appears that the Government is heading for the same procurement car crash for the national maternity hospital that exists for the national children's hospital.

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