#Children’s Hospital

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€9m plan for phone pouches in schools 'a scandalous waste of public money'
Mary Lou McDonald wrote to Taoiseach Simon Harris on Thursday to insist on the 'immediate withdrawal' of the budgetary proposal 

Thu, 03 Oct, 2024

Mum says the costs of hospital delays include children’s dignity and rights
Mum says the costs of hospital delays include children’s dignity and rights
A mother whose now adult son was a patient of children's hospitals tells Niamh Griffin that excellent care is fading away under the strain of overcrowding and staff shortages

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

Simon Harris says National Children’s Hospital debacle is not his fault
Simon Harris says National Children’s Hospital debacle is not his fault
As health minister, Simon Harris signed off on the construction of the hospital but has now moved to distance himself from the project

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

New National Children's Hospital Site
Striking tradespeople to picket site of National Children's Hospital
The tradespeople are seeking restoration of payment for the first hour of travel time

Thu, 26 Sep, 2024

National children's hospital
BAM hits back at 'ill-informed and incorrect allegations' over children's hospital 
In a lengthy statement, BAM said its priority is to deliver the hospital 'for the benefit of the children of Ireland and their families as quickly as possible'

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

BAM refusing to provide adequate staffing levels at NCH site, committee hears 
BAM refusing to provide adequate staffing levels at NCH site, committee hears 
The long-delayed project is now expected to cost the State €2.2bn, with the hospital board insisting the price will not be inflated further

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

Children's hospital development board faces grilling by Oireachtas committee
Children's hospital development board faces grilling by Oireachtas committee
Seán Crowe also said health committee members will likely push for Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to appear before them in the near future

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Parents say little has changed, a year since CHI spinal care controversy erupted
Parents say little has changed, a year since CHI spinal care controversy erupted
Co-founder of parents' support group calls for full transparency about Children’s Health Ireland as hundreds of children wait for spinal surgery 

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

End Q1 2024 Exchequer Returns
Sinn Féin tells Government ‘the buck stops with you’ on hospital delay
Ministers say the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has responsibility for engaging with lead contractor BAM on behalf of the Government

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Report raises doubts over CHI's ability to move to new National Children's Hospital
Report raises doubts over CHI's ability to move to new National Children's Hospital
One of the issues the report sets out issues within CHI is the lack of permanent senior management at the hospital group

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
We'll get a hospital eventually. How it was delivered will come back to haunt Simon Harris
An infamously late and grossly over-budget children's hospital is better than no hospital. Yeah, we get it. But questions about how it was delivered so badly are going to hang over all concerned

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

National children's hospital
Taoiseach: State won't be a 'pushover' in relation to new National Children's Hospital
Simon Harris: 'What we need now is for the job to be finished' 

Mon, 23 Sep, 2024

National children's hospital
BAM rejects claim it is 'holding State to ransom' over National Children's Hospital
The contractor added that decisions by independent conciliators have extended the completion date of the hospital by 16 months

Sun, 22 Sep, 2024

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
National Children's Hospital may not open until 2026 after further delays
The board of the hospital is expected to appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee next week

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Taoiseach has 'broken promises' made over surgeries for children with scoliosis, says Sinn Féin
Taoiseach has 'broken promises' made over surgeries for children with scoliosis, says Sinn Féin
In 2017, Simon Harris made a commitment that no child would wait longer than four months for scoliosis surgery

Thu, 22 Aug, 2024

UHL crisis: Why the Limerick hospital is a millstone around Stephen Donnelly's neck
UHL crisis: Why the Limerick hospital is a millstone around Stephen Donnelly's neck
For all the Health Minister's talk of reduced waiting lists and overall improvements in Ireland's health service, the dire situation at University Hospital threatens to overshadow all the work he has done

Sat, 17 Aug, 2024

Elaine Loughlin: Frustration as Cork Events Centre hit by further delays
S Elaine Loughlin: Frustration as Cork Events Centre hit by further delays
No solid or convincing reason for pushing out the Cabinet’s decision on funding has yet been provided

Sun, 11 Aug, 2024

Sad girl in hooded top, sitting on a window ledge with head in hands in despair
Parents must be wondering where on earth extra funding given to health is being spent
With billions spent on the new National Children’s Hospital, it’s fair to ask why some children are waiting in clinics

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

New National Children's Hospital Site
Irish Examiner view: Fiasco over children's hospital must never be repeated
If there was one note of hope following the litany of woes that has beset the project, it came from Tánaiste Micheál Martin, who said that the Government would not roll over on further demands for funding

Fri, 31 May, 2024

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
Tánaiste: Hospital delays an attempt by contractor to extract 'more money from the Irish people'
Micheál Martin said the blame for the shifting completion date and the rising cost of the construction lay with BAM and not the Government

Thu, 30 May, 2024

Further delay to completion date of National Children's Hospital 
Further delay to completion date of National Children's Hospital 
Public Accounts Committee to hear hospital is unlikely to open before the summer of 2025 at the earliest

Wed, 29 May, 2024

Spinal taskforce at Temple Street Hospital holds first meeting
Spinal taskforce at Temple Street Hospital holds first meeting
The spinal taskforce set up to help address concerns in the paediatric orthopaedic service in Temple Street Hospital has had its first meeting.

Wed, 15 May, 2024

Dublin Children's Hospital
Donnelly ‘fully expects’ new National Children’s Hospital to be completed this year
'We can see the impact that this hospital is going to have. What I want, what we all want is children to be treated in this hospital next year'

Thu, 11 Apr, 2024

Elaine Loughlin: Simon Harris will not be allowed to forget past failings
Elaine Loughlin: Simon Harris will not be allowed to forget past failings
Opposition has already made it clear that his time in health will be a key point of attack

Wed, 10 Apr, 2024

Gareth O'Callaghan: Government like a wayward horse that loses a jockey
S Gareth O'Callaghan: Government like a wayward horse that loses a jockey
This Government has made many mistakes but perhaps its biggest has been its failure to remain connected to those who voted for them

Fri, 15 Mar, 2024

Lisbon Treaty referendum
Letters to the Editor: The 'no' side in care referendum should show why current text is better
One reader responds to Senator Tom Clonan's call for a no vote in the care referendum, while others write about a range of topics including conflict in the Middle East 

Thu, 22 Feb, 2024

New National Children's Hospital Site
Paul Hosford: Lessons learned? Children's Hospital shows Government needs extra tuition
After 18 years and €2.4bn, we may get our new Children's Hospital. Paul Hosford wonders if there have been any lessons learned from the process

Sat, 17 Feb, 2024

Cost of children's hospital to increase by €500m with total now topping €2bn
Cost of children's hospital to increase by €500m with total now topping €2bn
The Government said that the approved increase in the capital budget 'will address areas identified in the 2019 report, the New Children’s Hospital Independent Review of Escalation in Costs, carried out by PwC'

Tue, 13 Feb, 2024

Stephen Donnelly says Cabinet will sanction more money for national children's hospital
Stephen Donnelly says Cabinet will sanction more money for national children's hospital
Further funding comes on top of recent €40m cashflow memo, as health minister describes relationship between the NPHDB and BAM as 'very difficult'

Mon, 01 Jan, 2024

In pictures: We look inside the new children's hospital as it begins to take shape
In pictures: We look inside the new children's hospital as it begins to take shape
Is the finish line finally coming into focus for the National Children's Hospital? Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin reports from the beleaguered site

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

New National Children's Hospital Site
National Children’s Hospital to cost 'substantially' more than €2bn 
Dáil committee hears a new timeline for substantial completion of the project of end October 2024 is 'achievable'

Thu, 19 Oct, 2023

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
Children's hospital 92% done with completion expected in October 2024, PAC to hear
It means the go-live date for the hospital may be the start of May 2025

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

Leader appointed for office charged with reforming child and youth mental health
Leader appointed for office charged with reforming child and youth mental health
Office will be responsible for a service improvement programme expected to include developing specialist services and clinical programmes as well as improving governance

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

Brexit
Tánaiste blasts HSE, saying slow referrals 'put children at risk'
Micheál Martin also defends Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte who walked out of a meeting with HSE chiefs last week

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

New Children's Hospital Construction Site
Government accused of 'losing control' of Children's Hospital project 
'With costs expected to soar above the €2bn mark, this will end up being the world’s most expensive hospital'

Thu, 24 Aug, 2023

Stephen Donnelly says there are ‘worries’ over probe into baby head injuries at hospital 
Stephen Donnelly says there are ‘worries’ over probe into baby head injuries at hospital 
Health Minister said it was critical review of incidents be open and transparent

Thu, 24 Aug, 2023

Global Soft Power Summit
Fergus Finlay: Democracy risks being strangled by the red tape of proceduralism
We must learn how to implement better to avoid going down the road that Trump and Johnson put their countries on

Tue, 25 Jul, 2023

New National Children's Hospital Site
Board won't reveal new BAM timeline for children's hospital
The board has been at loggerheads with BAM over the delivery of the hospital, with ballooning costs set to push the total final cost to over €2bn.

Wed, 19 Jul, 2023

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
Dispute over children's hospital build back in court after 'thousands of hours' of talks broke down
Row centres on hospital development board’s claim contractor BAM was required, under a 2017 contract, to begin a second phase of works in January 2019 focusing on above-ground superstructure and building work

Mon, 17 Jul, 2023

New National Children's Hospital Site
Calls for law change to stop contractors with history of delays working on State projects
According to procurement guidelines, contracts must be awarded to the tenderer that has submitted the most economically advantageous bid

Fri, 14 Jul, 2023

Paul Hosford: Quad rides and gaggle of geese don’t detract from Varadkar’s job at hand
Paul Hosford: Quad rides and gaggle of geese don’t detract from Varadkar’s job at hand
Varadkar was willing to enjoy some Wexford strawberries — when in Rome, after all

Thu, 13 Jul, 2023

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
Micheál Martin: Tensions between Children’s Hospital  board and BAM 'no secret' 
Ongoing tensions between the board of the new (NCH) and the developer BAM have been no secret, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.

Thu, 13 Jul, 2023

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro
Children's hospital cost likely to pass €2bn amid tensions with contractor
A war of words has broken out, with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board claiming just 27 of 3,000 rooms have been 'deemed complete'

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

FILE PHOTO Taoiseach Micheal Martin says high levels of restrictions could last until Easter, with the reopening of schools and
Just 27 rooms out of 3,000 at National Children’s Hospital 'deemed complete'
'I would urge BAM to consider its behaviour and overall approach to delivering this project. The kind of behaviour that has been experienced simply can’t continue'

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

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