€60 million health centre still not equipped

WHILE most of the mothballed hospital facilities can be attributed to a simple shortage of funds at the Department of Health, the fiasco of the vacant health centre in the €60 million civic building in Ballymun exposes a glaring lack of co-ordination between the various health authorities.

The civic building was developed by Ballymun Regeneration Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dublin City Council, as a key element in the regeneration of the area.

The Northern Area Health Board (NAHB) agreed in principle to become anchor tenant, taking up 60% of the building for the health centre and office accommodation.