Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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192. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for national forensic mental health services public private partnership, PPP; the amount spent to date; the original timeframe for the completion of the project; the timeframe for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2505/18]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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193. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for new specialist intensive care rehab units at Galway; the amount spent to date; the original timeframe for the completion of the project; the timeframe for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2506/18]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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194. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for new specialist intensive care rehab units at Cork; the amount spent to date; the original timeframe for the completion of the project; the timeframe for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2507/18]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for new specialist intensive care rehab units at Galway and Portrane; the amount spent to date; the original timeframe for the completion of the project; the timeframe for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2508/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 to 195, inclusive, together.

The provision of new facilities to enhance forensic mental health provision nationally is central to modernising mental health services in line with the strategy document A Vision for Change. The delivery of the replacement facility for Central Mental Hospital at Portrane and the Intensive Care Rehabilitation Units (ICRU's)  is a phased project. The approved HSE Capital Programme supports the completion of the development at Portrane with the feasibility study to be progressed on Phase II - the relevant ICRUs. Nevertheless, my Department and the HSE will continue to assess delivery strategies and progress as appropriate the ICRU initiatives in the context of evolving service priorities and resource availability.

No national forensic mental health services project is funded as a PPP project. The HSE is responsible for the construction of replacement national forensic mental health facilities at Portrane. This project would comprise the bulk of funding allocated for national forensic mental health services over the multi-annual period 2018-2021. The construction of the Portrane development is currently underway. At this time, for reasons of commercial sensitivity it is not considered appropriate to disclose the funding required to complete this project. Assuming that there are no construction related issues encountered, it is currently projected that construction will be completed in 2019 with a view to the new facility opening in early 2020, following equipping, commissioning and final fit-out stages.  

As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of health care projects, the Executive has been requested to reply to you in relation to expenditure incurred to date on this project.