Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1676. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to move the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum to Portrane in north County Dublin; the stage the proposal is at; if he will give any timescales on how the proposal is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Infrastructural and Capital Programme 2012 - 2016 includes capital funding for the Reconfiguration of the National Forensic Mental Health Services. This will include the replacement of the Central Mental Hospital (CMH), the development of a 10 bed Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit, a 10 bed Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Unit, as well as four regional Intensive Care Rehabilitation Units (ICRUs). It is planned to build the new CMH, the Intellectual Disability and the Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Units at Portrane, Co. Dublin. The Design Team has recently been appointed and commenced work on the project. Subject to the statutory approvals, it is expected that construction will commence in 2014 and take two years to complete.
