Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding plans to relocate the Central Mental Hospital; when a decision will be made; the locations that are being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22907/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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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.

The question of the relocation of the CMH to an alternative site is currently under consideration and remains a priority for the Government.