James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State said we are not discussing plans for the future and that he has done X, Y and Z. The reality is that the patients of St. Ita's still do not know when they will be accommodated by a psychiatric admissions unit in Dublin north. We have not been told when the unit will be built. Will it be done sometime in the future when planning permission is received? In the meantime, we have been told by the Mental Health Commission that the unit should close by February 2011. Where will the patients who are being admitted or who will need admission next year be accommodated?

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