Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It had not flooded in 200 years. Exactly.

On the last occasion, we asked whether there was an estimate for the refurbishment of St. Brigid's to keep it open and to retain the palliative care beds there. To the best of my knowledge, we have not got that. I do not know why this committee keeps asking for information when it is being totally ignored. It is not committee members but members of the public who are affected by these decisions. It is an insult to them that we cannot get answers on Owenacurra, St. Brigid's and Seven Springs that we can pass on to them. For months and months, we have been looking for information and getting nothing back.

The opening statement referred to improving the understanding of the requirements for infection prevention and control. When HSE representatives appeared here before, they promised to provide us with data on how many people had suffered cross-contamination at St. Brigid's in the five years prior to closure. As far as I am aware, we have not received those data from the HSE, unless we did in the past couple of hours.

Deputy Mattie McGrath raised the matter of the €90,000 raised by St. Brigid's. When is that going to be addressed by the HSE? We have a list of stuff here and it is absolutely disheartening that we have to come back to HSE representatives over and over to try to drag information out of them. I hope they can answer some of the questions on St. Brigid's, Owenacurra and so on.

I will say no more. Does anyone else want to contribute?