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Covid-19 pandemic and cost issues threaten to delay planned opening of Dublin hospital
Construction on €1.7bn site yet to resume as Bam Ireland claims restrictions make delays inevitable
Construction yet to resume seven weeks after restrictions on building sites lifted
Proximity of St James’s hospital to building site among factors delaying work
Row relates to validity of a particular instruction from development board
Board responsible for controversial project in dispute with construction firm BAM
Outbreak teams are to be set up to combat specific clusters of the Covid-19 virus
Bam Ireland halts work on project due to coronavirus restrictions on ‘non-essential’ service
Move from construction companies comes after ramped up coronavirus restrictions
Mounting concern about running costs – now up to €366m annually, from €325m in 2017
Chair of national children’s hospital says only €1m in additional costs have been paid
Robust defence to be mounted against claims, says chief of hospital development board
Concerns have also been raised about the number of health and safety incidents on the site
Breach of guidelines will trigger sanction of first charge on budgets, cautions Paul Reid
Residents complain construction at St James’s campus in breach of permission
Children’s Health Ireland among those concerned about health implications of change
Building unions say State losing revenue and workers being denied rights and safeguards
PwC hired in 2018 to look at hospital options and in January 2019 for costs overrun review
PwC report into cost overruns at National Children’s Hospital does not tell the full story
Key flaws were cost underestimation and failure to control overrun, PwC finds
John Pollock appeared genuinely embarrassed by the massive cost overrun
John Pollock’s is the fifth resignation from the long-delayed and controversial project
Fianna Fáil leader says he will facilitate a fourth budget under the current agreement
Same costs would have arisen even without Bam as contractor, review claims
Paul Quinn was chair of the finance subcommittee board of the national children’s hospital
‘Something went wrong’ with children’s hospital tender process, Donohoe says
To save €79m, one existing children’s hospital would have to stay open at €169m cost
Timeline: Project had an overrun of €61m five months after getting the green light
Officials discussed how ‘construction costing is trending very significantly over budget’
NPHDB responsible for overseeing building of national children’s hospital
From first proposal in 1993 to present day controversy over escalating costs
As blame game intensifies, Simon Harris might usefully take the lead by starting to provide information
Cost of St James’s project, now expected to be €1.7bn, was originally set at €600m
‘When the dust settles, we won’t have much change from €2bn’
Consultants PwC expected to carry out new Government review of cost increases
Long-awaited new facility not expected to be ready to open until August 2022
European Investment Bank loan of €490 million for National Children’s Hospital
Hospital development board had appealed the conditions for a fire safety certificate
Board says the fire safety design is ‘compliant with and indeed exceeds current regulations’
Residents close to St James’s site in Dublin claim homes being damaged by works
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