John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I would like to be definite on this. When I held the meeting in Dundrum at the invitation of Dr. Kennedy some months ago I made it clear that Dundrum would not be a runner. I also made it clear that upon taking up my role in the Department of Health and Children the Minister, Deputy Harney never made an order to me that it had to be Thornton Hall, although I was asked to proceed as quickly as possible with a new central mental hospital. We are coming to a time when we must be site-specific but the real issue has been to ensure we build a new central mental hospital. The only change is the fact that we are coming to a site-specific decision.

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