Security costs at gutted ex-hospital slashed to €626k
The figure, provided yesterday by the HSE for security costs at the building which was seriously damaged by fire almost two weeks ago, appears to show a scaling back in the amount spent over the past decade compared with the previous five years.
Previously published figures, revealed to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee in 2008, showed that between 2002 and 2007, some €1,590,975 was spent on security for the former mental health facility, which ceased operating in 2002. In a statement the HSE confirmed the reduced security spend in the past decade.
