Batt O'Keeffe
Question:100 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he intends to close any of the inner city hospitals in Dublin following the opening of Tallaght Hospital. [5354/97]
Written Answers. - Closure of Dublin Hospitals.
Limerick East): The new hospital at Tallaght, when opened, will incorporate the services currently being provided at the Adelaide, the Meath Hospital and the National Children's Hospital, Harcourt Street, together with acute psychiatric services currently being provided at St. Loman's Hospital.
Since the agreement was reached on the development of the new hospital at Tallaght, it has always been understood that the three constituent hospitals will close, when the new hospital is opened.