Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the development of a new central mental hospital is still a priority in view of the financial difficulties facing the State; if a decision has been made on the location of the new central mental hospital; when this decision will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45615/09]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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It has been ascertained that the site proposed for the development of a new Central Mental Hospital (CMH) at Thornton Hall, Co Dublin, is not large enough to accommodate an Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit and a Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health, the need for which has been identified by the HSE. While the question of the relocation of the CMH to an alternative site is currently under consideration, the redevelopment of the hospital remains a priority for the Government.