Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Anecdotally, the case related to a particular constituent who was moved from a residential setting to a community setting. The person had a particular need and was moved to a different part of the country. The family is not happy with the location in which the person is housed and has been to'ing and fro'ing with the HSE to get that solved. I made an inquiry and got a nice response back from the general manager of disability services in the relevant area. It was suggested to me that the individual, who is a single person, was being held in Mulroy Park, Carrigart, County Donegal. The matter was subject to a court case lately on foot of an attempt to have the person relocated to the person's home county to be near the family. It was suggested to me that the rent being paid for the property in Carrigart, County Donegal was €600,000 per annum. I made the person repeat it about 50 times to me because as a former auctioneer it struck me as being on the scale of the Miesian Plaza as opposed to Carrigart, County Donegal. The response that came back was that the HSE does not rent the property, as referenced by me. It went on to say that it had sourced Inspire Wellbeing. What I would like to know is whether it is the case that we are resourcing a section 39 organisation to the extent that it can afford to pay rent of €600,000 per year to look after one person, or is the information false?