Ken O’Flynn TD(@kenoflynnTD):€32,000. That is what the Taoiseach told the Dáil the National Maternity Hospital bike shed would cost. The actual bill came in at €85,905. Nearly three times the figure put on the public record last September. That works out at over €1,400 for every bike space, paid for with public grant money. This is the same pattern we keep seeing on major health capital projects: costs that balloon, figures that do not hold up, and no straight answer when the public asks how their money was spent. Taxpayers are entitled to accurate information from the floor of the Dáil and full value for every euro. They deserve to know how €32,000 became €85,905.

2026.08.03 09:49

€32,000. That is what the Taoiseach told the Dáil the National Maternity Hospital bike shed would cost. The actual bill came in at €85,905. Nearly three times the figure put on the public record last September. That works out at over €1,400 for every bike space, paid for with public grant money. This is the same pattern we keep seeing on major health capital projects: costs that balloon, figures that do not hold up, and no straight answer when the public asks how their money was spent. Taxpayers are entitled to accurate information from the floor of the Dáil and full value for every euro. They deserve to know how €32,000 became €85,905.