Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

Based on a set of recommendations that came from the Mental Health Commission, we commissioned a report following that to assess the feasibility of completing those recommendations. Our feasibility report identified a range of very significant issues with the infrastructure, the investment required for it and its safety. Such issues were also identified with the human aspect of it, especially with regard to the space that people had within the units and the fact that representatives from a day service literally had to walk through people's residences. The whole infrastructure was completely unsuitable, and the investment profile for it would not have addressed that. Our assessment of all of that, based on the Mental Health Commission recommendations, was to seek alternative accommodation and processes for the well-being of the service users and the investment required.

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