Sinn F\u00e9in has called for a tender for a new \u20ac100,000 bike shed at the National Maternity Hospital to be scrapped.<\/p>\n
A notice on the Government’s e-tenders website invites submissions for tenders to destroy the old shed and build a new one at an estimated cost of \u20ac100,000.<\/p>\n
Sinn F\u00e9in’s Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty labelled the plan for a new bike shed as “outrageous” and referenced a previous controversy when \u20ac335,000 was spent on a bike shed at Leinster House.<\/p>\n
The \u20ac100,000 tender for the proposed bike shed at the National Maternity Hospital includes destroying the existing bike shed and taking away all rubbish.<\/p>\n
It is to cover the build of the replacement shed and includes sensor lighting.<\/p>\n
So remember the bike shed that Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael wasted \u20ac335,000 on?<\/p>\n
We just found out tonight that \u20ac100,000 of taxpayers money is to be spent on another bike shed at the National Maternity Hospital.<\/p>\n
It is outrageous wasting money like this when so many people are\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/N9LVguAcHI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Pearse Doherty (@PearseDoherty) September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n It also covers improvement to the ground so that it is entirely even and any tree stumps that are in the way are removed.<\/p>\n In May, a report into the bicycle shelter installed at Leinster House found that there was an “absence of some fundamental good practices”,<\/a> including a value for money assessment, ahead of the project’s construction.<\/p>\n The conclusion is made in a Deloitte audit for the Office of Public Works.<\/p>\n The audit was sought by the Government and the OPW after Opposition outcry over the bike shelter.<\/p>\n The costs include \u20ac284,000 spent on construction and installation, \u20ac10,000 on contract administration and \u20ac4,000 on archaeological services.<\/p>\n