Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30282/11]

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health if he will lobby for capital funding to build the replacement facilities required to allow St. Finan's Hospital, County Kerry, to close by 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29596/11]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 454 and 463 together.

The Programme for Government provided for a Comprehensive Expenditure Review which is now well under way. This exercise includes a review of the planned health care capital programme, the outcome of which will determine the health care capital allocations for 2012 and future years.

The Deputy may wish to note that Government policy on mental health incorporates the recommendations of A Vision for Change. This Government is therefore committed to the closure of the old psychiatric institutions and the transfer of patients to more appropriate community based accommodation.