Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the construction of the replacement of the Central Mental Hospital. [21222/09]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Project Team established to progress the redevelopment of the hospital has completed an Outline Development Brief. Shortlisting for the appointment of a Project Manager has taken place; shortlisting for the design team is almost complete. Work is ongoing on the preparation of a design brief for the new hospital but none of the work undertaken to date has been site specific.

It should be noted that the redevelopment of the Central Mental Hospital constitutes a separate capital development project, independent of the Thornton Hall prison complex. However, the implications, if any, of the decision of the Irish Prison Service to end negotiations with the preferred bidder for the prison project, will be considered by the Project Team.