Dr. Orla Kelleher:

I thank the Deputy. As regards day services, those ran pre-Covid. I think there are plans for them to be back up and running again in Midleton, but not at the Owenacurra Centre. That is my understanding but I am speaking as a family member rather than as someone who has clinical expertise on that. It is an important dimension to the service. What makes it so important to the east Cork area is the big impact it has on people's lives.

I do not have costings for the work. The families and those of us who have been campaigning to save the service have been seeking an independent report. We have written to the HSE asking it to allow us to commission an independent report but it has not responded positively to that. It stated that it is not possible to commission such a report. We do not have costings for the refurbishment of the Owenacurra Centre but that is something we would definitely like to see.