Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

We must remember that the unit to be developed at Beaumont Hospital has been promised since the 1980s, yet an archaic and antiquated facility continues to operate at Portrane. Will the Minister of State indicate whether the identified site is on the site identified for the Minister's precious so-called co-located private hospital arrangement? What is the position on the proposal to develop the psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital? Will work commence thereon or will the whole project be cancelled and become a victim of the Minister's privatisation policy?

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