Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not know who gave the Minister of State the figures on the costs associated with the nursing home. There were construction costs, site costs, site development costs and equipment costs of €8.6 million, €1.8 million, €1.4 million and €0.6 million, respectively, amounting to €12.4 million, not including whatever costs have arisen subsequently during the two years in which it has been sitting idle.

This unit was not originally meant to be a replacement for St. Brigid's Hospital and nor was it intended to be a replacement for the 50 beds located in Brú Caoimhghín. This unit was meant to provide an additional 50 beds into the system but now it appears as though it will result in the addition of 50 beds to the private system-----

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