In accordance with the Government decision of 16 May 2006 to approve the development of a new national forensic mental health facility at Thornton Hall, County Dublin, the cost of developing the hospital will be met from the proceeds of the sale of the existing site in Dundrum, County Dublin. The development of the new hospital is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. The cost of acquiring the site for the new prison and hospital was €29,900,000. An additional 8.7 acres, at a cost of €1,305,000, was later acquired by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to provide a dedicated access road to the prison construction site.