Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Joint Committee On Health

Mental Health Services: HSE

Mr. Michael Fitzgerald:

In fairness to the staff and project people involved in this, who are highly skilled, know the residents well and are sensitive to their requirements, I do not think we will get into a high-noon situation and words like "evictions", etc., which can be inflammatory, need to be used. We are not in that business. We are trying to place people in better accommodation than what they have at this point, to get away from this building, which is not fit for purpose, and to have that uppermost in our minds. We are not-----