David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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We are talking about somebody for whom this has been their home for 25 years and we are saying they must go somewhere else. This person has mental health challenges. Let us consider if any of us were asked to move miles away from what is familiar, from our friends, from the locality and from being able to walk out the front door and down the street to meet people we know and go into shops we know. This location is ideal for people living there. How would Dr. O'Brien feel if it happened to her? How does she think as a professional about people being moved from what has been familiar for 25 years and taken out of there, maybe against their will? They do not want to go. This is what they like and love. When was the last time a resident took up accommodation in Owenacurra? I ask about the most recent resident to take up accommodation there.