Derry MLA, Mark H Durkan, the Minister for the Environment, has given the go-ahead for a £12 million forensic science laboratory to be built in Carrickfergus.
Welcoming the Minister’s decision, Justice Minister David Ford said when compete the new laboratory would meet the highest of European standards
The £12 million capital investment will provide a state-of the-art building for DNA processing and evidence recovery facilities at the current site of Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI) at Seapark, Carrickfergus.
Mr Ford said he was committed to delivering “a faster, fairer justice system and FSNI has a vital role in that.
He added: “The £12 million investment which I have allocated will help FSNI to respond to the ever changing demands of forensic science, ensuring the provision of a state of the art, fully accredited service to meet the needs of the wider criminal justice system in Northern Ireland.”
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