Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive

Ms Kate Killeen White:

As I said earlier, the challenges were there before Covid. They are there post Covid and that is the reason we repurposed St. Brigid's. I reiterate that St. Brigid's is a functioning building. The doors have not been closed. It is operational and that is important. It has been repurposed. The decisions were made based on a multitude of factors, including the regulatory landscape, statutory landscape, infection prevention and control landscape and, most importantly, the requirement to deliver safe services in a manner that upholds the dignity and privacy of the patient requiring the service. That is the reason the decisions were made in regard to St. Brigid's, in addition to the challenges presenting.

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