Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

Regarding the last point on the value of the lands, the decrease in Dundrum's land prices has been less than elsewhere. A site in Dundrum will always be a substantial asset. As the Deputy knows, the original intention was to move the Central Mental Hospital to Thornton Hall and to keep it separate from the prison with its own entrance, although still on the overall site. Extra land was purchased for this purpose. The decision-----

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