The new National Children's Hospital is on track for "substantial" completion this summer, with a price tag of more than €2bn.
In the latest update on the hospital's construction saga, the Department of Health said the total approved budget for the capital project was now circa €2.24bn.
Of this, €1.88bn is for construction projects and €360m for the integration and commissioning programme and ICT/electronic health records.
Construction is now at a finishing stage, with the installation of fixed medical equipment and integrated building commissioning well under way.
