Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the site for the proposed 60 bed psychiatric unit, for which planning permission was granted, does not impinge on the proposed site for the co-located hospital at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if so, when she will proceed with the construction of the psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45660/09]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The development of an acute psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital is included in the HSE Mental Health Capital Programme which is currently under consideration in the context of Budget 2010; it is proposed to fund the Programme from the proceeds of the sales of the old psychiatric hospitals. While the co-located hospital impinges on the original site identified for the unit, a new Development Control Plan for the Beaumont Campus has been prepared and an alternative location has been identified for the psychiatric unit. The brief for the proposed unit is being verified at present and the 3 recently appointed Executive Clinical Directors for Mental Health in the Dublin North East Region will be key contributors in this exercise. It is expected that the verification of the brief will be completed in the first quarter of 2010 and the detailed planning process will then commence.