Health Minister says BAM ‘committed to June 2025 completion date for National Childrens Hospital [Video]

HEALTH MINISTER STEPHEN Donnelly has said his “focus” is on getting the National Children’s Hospital open next year and that BAM have “committed” to a June 2025 completion date. 

The National Children’s Hospital, which is now years overdue, has cost the state €2.2 billion to date.

It had previously been marked for completion in 2020 with a budget of €650 million. 

The Board overseeing the hospital’s development last month accused BAM, the construction company behind the project, of having a “complete disregard for sick children”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s This Week, Donnelly said he met with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board recently after BAM signalled that the deadline for completion had moved to June 2025.

Following this, Donnelly meet last week with the global chief executive of BAM for what he described as a “pretty open and frank discussion”.

“On the back of that, BAM are engaging with the development board so that the Government can be presented …