Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Public Accounts Committee
Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020
9:30 am
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I will return to the issue of Owenacurra. As we have heard from Deputies who spoke previously, Owenacurra is being closed. There are currently 11 residents there. The Joint Committee on Health went on a site visit to Owenacurra on Monday last and met with the families and the residents, who are quite distressed. In 2020, there was a capital plan from the HSE that assigned €145,000 to bring Owenacurra up to standard. Between the issuing of that capital plan and the decision to close it, is it correct that there does not seem to have been any review of the building in terms of its structure, and particularly its condition in terms of asbestos?
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