Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am more concerned about the people that does not work for and who require 24-hour, seven-days-per-week supports. Dr. O'Brien is telling the committee that she is withdrawing that support from that community in east Cork. This will only get worse for the HSE. From what I have heard so far in this committee, this will snowball. I suggest the HSE changes its position on this rapidly.

I move on to respite, which has been mentioned here but not to the degree it should have been. Can Dr. O'Brien confirm the percentage of beds in the Owenacurra centre that were used for short- or medium-term respite pre-Covid?

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