The new hospital in Tallaght when opened on 21 June this year will incorporate the services currently being provided at the Adelaide Hospital, the Meath Hospital and the National Children's Hospital, Harcourt Street. In addition, acute psychiatric services currently being provided at St. Loman's Hospital will also transfer to Tallaght.
The Meath Hospital, the Adelaide Hospital and the National Children's Hospital are voluntary hospitals and as such, the hospitals or their successor bodies have full ownership of their sites. When the services transfer to Tallaght, I understand the hospital sites will be sold as the premises will no longer function as acute hospitals. Since agreement was reached on the development of the new hospital — the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin incorporating the National Children's Hospital — it has always been understood that the three constituent hospitals would close as acute hospitals once the new hospital is opened. I understand none of the hospitals has been disposed of to date. However, such disposal is a matter for the owners of the sites as are any negotiations in this regard.