The Health Minister, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, said she hopes that the National Children’s Hospital could accept patients from December this year if the hospital construction was completed by April.

The Minister was asked at the Oireachtas Health Committee yesterday if construction would actually be finished by the latest deadline of April 30th.

To which she replied, 'That's up to BAM'.

Committee chair Padraig Rice said the Minister must begin legal proceedings against the company to ensure no more deadlines are missed.

Joining Shane to discuss further is Public Procurement Expert from DCU, Paul Davis