Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Joint Committee On Health

Mental Health Services: HSE

Photo of Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will try to be brief. The witnesses have listened to all of us. Some committees are different to others and this committee does not play party politics when it comes to local issues. I said it at the public meeting last night. I asked for everybody's support with this because it is not about scoring political points but about protecting the services in east Cork. I ask the witnesses to take on board some of the statements in that hall last night. One individual has gone through a hard time. It was brave of him to come up and ask. He told his story, his family's stories and how helpful the services in that centre have been. He said that if the building is not fit for purpose, it should be knocked down, but it should be replaced with a new state-of-the-art centre with improved services, which is fit for purpose for the next 60 to 80 years. I ask that that be taken on board. I have a simple question for the witnesses. Have any of them visited the Owenacurra centre in the last 12 months?

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