Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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462. To ask the Minister for Health the original planned completion date for the national children's hospital; the current estimated completion date for the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37311/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As announced in April 2017, the new children’s hospital was scheduled to be open by the end of 2021. The construction contract for the building of the new children’s hospital and associated Paediatric Outpatients and Urgent Care Centres contract were signed in August 2017. At that time, the agreed contract timeline was extended to ensure full alignment in construction timetables for the contractor and specialist sub-contractors. The projected practical completion date for the new hospital is March 2022, allowing for the opening of the main hospital in Q3 2022. The Paediatric Outpatients and Urgent Care Centre at Connolly is scheduled to open in 2019 followed by the Centre at Tallaght in 2020 in advance of the opening of the main hospital in 2022.