Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 September 2022

Committee on Public Petitions

Business of Joint Committee
Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Michael Fitzgerald:

I thank the committee for having us in. It was a good and appropriate engagement. I want to reach out to the petitioner on behalf of the families; their concern is not lost on us, high up or low down. We completely understand their concern. We would like to engage with them around any remaining concerns they may have now. We would also like to have an engagement with the Deputy and his colleagues locally in order that, across the community, we can talk about a new, modern model of service. That would be an important thing for the community. If you were peripheral to the service, you would get the sense that everything is being lost in the area. In fact, what we are talking about is the future. We need the community support to make that happen. We will reach out to the friends, the broader political spectrum and the community to talk about that going into the future. That is all I wanted to say.

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