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The development of the new National Maternity Hospital must not be hindered by the same mistakes which have delayed the opening of the New Children\u2019s Hospital, according to Social Democrats TD P\u00e1draig Rice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deputy Rice, who\u2019s the party\u2019s health spokesperson, said:<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cThe National Maternity Hospital cannot become another runaway train – its development has been mishandled by successive health ministers, including T\u00e1naiste Simon Harris, and continues to spiral out of control.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe hospital has been mired in controversy since the beginning – all these years later, we still don\u2019t know why the State is building a valuable public hospital just to hand it over to a private entity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2060Now we learn that a project that was estimated to cost between \u20ac500 million and \u20ac1 billion by the Department of Public Expenditure could cost \u20ac2 billion \u2013 an astronomical sum for a facility that the State won\u2019t even own the land that it’s built on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2060Even based on the Department’s initial estimate, the cost per square metre was found to be double that of other maternity hospitals in the UK and Canada – now, that figure has doubled again.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cWhen it was first proposed, the project was estimated to cost around \u20ac150 million – had it been delivered on time, and in a more suitable location, costs would never have gotten so out of control.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are major deficiencies in planning and project management in the HSE and Department of Health which must be ironed out – we cannot continue to watch every development they oversee collapse in terms of value and efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Minister for Health needs to get a handle on this project now \u2013 we cannot have a repeat of the New Children\u2019s Hospital.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

May 12th, 2025<\/strong><\/em>
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