Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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The Department has moved on from that to locating the State pathology building project in the vacated premises at Whitehall that once belonged to An Garda Síochána, and obviously it is managed by the OPW. What is the cost of fitting out that building, making sure it is fit for purpose? We are talking about a building that will store sensitive material, have a mortuary, an autopsy facility and storage for evidence that may be used in court proceedings, and it needs to be essentially hermetically sealed, controlled properly and all that goes with that. How much will that cost and when will this facility be open? Is that building fit for purpose or will it need to be extended in future? What other sites had the Department looked at that would have allowed it to develop something cost effectively, or was this the only site that recommended itself?