Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses are all very welcome. I take this opportunity to wish Mr. Reid well. We have met on numerous occasions at meetings of this Committee of Public Accounts and the previous one. If there was an organisation we could have in every week, it would be the HSE because it is so complex. This is part of the reason we chose this particular area and a couple of CHO areas. We wanted to try to get under the bonnet on a couple of things. There is a definition of value for money, which we have talked about here before. It is not just about the balance sheet but about the output and the quality of service. That is part of the reason the Cork mental health service in CHO, 4 was among those picked. What brought it to our attention was issues at Garnish House and Owenacurra. Will the witnesses clarify one question in respect of Garnish House? Were any of the renovations that have been talked about actually carried out in advance of people occupying that building? I am just looking for a "Yes" or "No".