Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding she proposes for the completion of the new Central Mental Hospital in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the costs incurred to date on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31066/08]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been allocated from Budget 2008 for the water and sewerage works in respect of the new Central Mental Hospital; the funding she proposes for the completion of the project in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the costs incurred to date on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31067/08]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been allocated from Budget 2008 for the new Central Mental Hospital; the funding she proposes for the completion of the project in each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the costs incurred to date on the project, including land acquisition costs, consultants, designers and architects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31064/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 380, 381 and 585 together.

In accordance with the Government decision of 16th May 2006 to approve the development of a new national forensic mental health facility at Thornton Hall, Co. Dublin, the cost of developing the hospital will be met from the proceeds of the sale of the existing site in Dundrum, Co Dublin. The development of the new hospital is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

The cost of acquiring the site for the new prison and hospital was €29,900,000. An additional 8.7 acres, at a cost of €1,305,000, was later acquired by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to provide a dedicated access road to the prison construction site.