Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE
Mr. Michael Fitzgerald:
On the first part of the question, it was as a result of us having got full sight of the totality of the professional reports following examination of the building. It came to the position where I decided, as I am the chief officer for the CHO and I take responsibility for these particular services, that we were not in a position to invest additional funding into this unit because it was not fit for purpose and we could not make it fit for purpose, regardless of what investment we could put into it.
To answer the second question-----
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