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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 19 Feb 1986

Vol. 363 No. 14

Written Answers. - Swinford (Mayo) Mentally Handicapped Centre.

51.

asked the Minister for Health the amount of the additional funds being provided to the Western Health Board this year to finance the opening and running of the new centre for the mentally handicapped at Swinford, County Mayo.

The Western Health Board have been asked by my Department to submit their proposals to bring the mental handicap centre at Swinford into operation on a phased basis and, in doing so, to take account of the funds and staff which will be made available following the closure of St. Patrick's Hospital, Castlerea. Until these proposals have been received and examined, it will not be possible to estimate the additional resources required to open the centre.

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