Judicial review of plans to build homes on site of former mental hospital will add €30m to cost of scheme

The former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin: Land Development Agency estimates judicial review will delay proposed housing scheme by at least two years. File picture: Frank Miller 

A judicial review launched against the Land Development Agency for a project at the former Central Mental Hospital is likely to add €30m to the cost of the scheme, the Oireachtas housing committee has heard.

John Coleman, the chief executive of the LDA, said there would be a significant delay to the project and described judicial reviews as a risk.