andJ. Lynch asked the Minister for Health whether he has sanctioned the staffing of the sanatorium at Sarsfield's Court, Cork, which was opened on 18th May, 1955, and, if so, when.

Formal sanction for the staffing of the southern regional sanatorium at Sarsfield's Court, Cork, was issued on 2nd June.

Sanction had already issued, in November and December last, for the filling of the key posts and, as the Deputies are aware, most of the staff at the Mallow chest hospital are already available for transfer with the patients to Sarsfield's Court.