James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

Please let me finish. Why has the Minister not made available funds to apply for planning permission? The money is available to build a unit in Beaumont. It was obliged to move because of the private co-located hospital. While another site is available, planning permission has not been applied for. Although this is the second decade of the third millennium, people are living in Dickensian conditions. It is the greatest insult to people with mental illness in Ireland and it must be addressed.

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