asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he has received plans and specifications with reference to the provision of additional accommodation for nine male and nine female T.B. patients at Portrane Mental Hospital; if he is in a position to sanction these plans, and if he will state when the work in connection with the proposed additional accommodation will start.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Portrane Mental Hospital.
The reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Certain alterations in the sketch plans submitted to the Department were suggested to the local authority, and I am not yet in a position to give approval thereto. No indication could be given at this stage as to when the works may likely be undertaken.