Ms Tess O'Donovan:

It behoves all of us to ensure there is not even a semblance of coercion or that it is even discussed. There is clinical input. There are discussions with the patients and families to try to agree, if possible, where suitable care can be provided. Residents are part of the decision-making process. Three residents are going to move into a house that is currently being refurbished in the town of Midleton. They are agreeing to go there. Nobody is being forced. They will get to decide what paint they want on the walls and what decorations they want in the environment they are going in to. That is the model.

I have already referred to the fact that we have people in beds that are out of the area, and that is a difficulty with their care needs, in some cases, but there is no coercion. We cannot coerce patients.