Written answers

Tuesday, 25 April 2006

Department of Health and Children

Hospitals Building Programme

9:00 pm

Photo of Olivia MitchellOlivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 12 October 2004, her intentions in respect of the future use of the lands on which the Central Mental Hospital is located at Dundrum. [14240/06]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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In 2003, the Minister for Health and Children established a project team, chaired by the East Coast Area Health Board, to progress the redevelopment of the Central Mental Hospital. The team reported to the Department of Health and Children via the Eastern Regional Health Authority in May 2004 and recommended that the Central Mental Hospital be relocated to a new purpose built facility in the greater Dublin area, as this was judged to be the most appropriate option for delivery of patient care. In November 2004, the Government decided in principle to develop the new Central Mental Hospital adjacent to the new Mountjoy Prison replacement complex.

The Department is preparing detailed proposals for the Government on the development of the new hospital and the disposal of the property at Dundrum. The lands there are the property of the Office of Public Works. It is my intention that the proceeds from the sale of the existing site will go towards the provision of the new hospital in the first instance, with the balance of funds to be invested in health facilities, in particular community mental health facilities.

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