James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

In 2004, planning permission was sought and granted for a new psychiatric unit at Beaumont and, as far as I know, it was put out to tender in 2005. However, nothing happened thereafter, funding having been withdrawn or evaporated. The new collocated private hospital at Beaumont, which has yet to have a sod turned, a brick put in place or a bed delivered, is impinging on that site and the psychiatric unit must move elsewhere. Today, we are told again by the Minister of State that it is in the pipeline. We have been waiting for 20 or 25 years and it is just not good enough.

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