A team will be in place next March to design the new psychiatric unit in Roscommon.
The state of the current 24-bed unit in Roscommon University Hospital has been regularly criticised by the Mental Health Commission.
Fianna Fáil TD Martin Daly looked for an update from HSE boss Bernard Gloster on plans for a new unit.
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Eoghan Murphy has been speaking to Martin to find out more: