Jimmy Devins (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

I am talking about the building. The need to develop a new Central Mental Hospital is the responsibility of the HSE. A project team is progressing the development of the new hospital which will have a complement of 120 as distinct from 85 beds as at present. I should add that additional funding was provided in 2007 to enable the development of West Lodge, which is a high support community based residence in Lucan for six patients. The facility has been opened and patients have been placed there on a temporary basis pending finalisation of the formal approval of the relocation by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

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