The board overseeing the development of the new National Children's Hospital says there's "no expectation" it'll be completed by the latest deadline.

It's said that the main contractor, BAM, has submitted claims for extra costs worth over 200 million euro.

For more on this, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Paul Davis, procurement lecturer at the School of business in DCU and Roisin Shortall, co-leader of the Social Democrats and member of the Health committee.