Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the funding from the sale of Grangegorman, Dublin which was to be ring-fenced for psychiatric services; the amount of same which will be spent in this area; the purpose for which the funding will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24218/09]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The land at Grangegorman has not been sold and, therefore, the issue of reinvestment of the proceeds of the sale of the lands does not arise. Rather the Government decided the Grangegorman Development Agency should be charged with developing both educational and health facilities (including mental health facilities) on the site. While the Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 made provision for the future vesting of lands at Grangegorman with the agency, no transfer has taken place to date and ownership of the lands remains with the HSE. The HSE, which is represented on the Grangegorman Development Agency, has been working closely with the agency in planning the provision of health facilities in the context of an overall masterplan for the site.