Businesses are being urged to attend a 'Meet the Buyer' event for the development of the new children's hospital in Dublin.

Enterprise Ireland, in association with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, is inviting registration which will take place at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham from 8am – 12 noon on 25 October 2017.

The event offers companies of all sizes the opportunity to meet with the new children's hospital contractors - BAM Building Ltd, Jones Engineering Group and Mercury Engineering Ireland - and the chance to pitch for business. Construction, engineering, mechanical and electrical companies, as well as companies in related sectors, are invited to attend.

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Face-to-face meetings between the buyers and potential suppliers will take place on the day, enabling companies to present themselves with the aim of picking up business.

Attendees can also visit the business zone where the Department of Social Protection, Construction Industry Federation, Dublin City Local Enterprise Office, IntertradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland will be available to provide information and support. Full information on the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board's Community Benefit Progamme will also be available on the day. The Programme has been developed to ensure that the building of the new children’s hospital is a catalyst for regeneration and sustainable economic development for the Dublin 8 area and beyond.

The 12-acre site for the new children's hospital on the St James's Hospital campus has been fully cleared and is now ready for the laying of foundations. The size of Dundrum Shopping Centre and the length of Grafton Street, the new hospital will have four acres of outdoor gardens and external space, as well as 380 individual inpatient rooms, each having their own en-suite and a bed for parents to sleep near their sick child.

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