627. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the latest costings of the development of the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane, County Dublin, since the outbreak of Covid-19; the date those costings relate to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8898/20]

The HSE has responsibility for the procurement and delivery of the National Forensic Mental Health Service capital project at Portrane, in line with the approved budget for the project and in the wider context of its management of the HSE capital programme. I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the specific points raised by him.