Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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A delegation from the Oireachtas Committee on Health will visit the centre. I came across a very similar situation in another part of the country. There were 27 residents in that facility. Nine people died during a two-week period because of Covid and because there were six people per room. I am not talking about the Owenacurra centre in Midleton. It was a geriatric psychiatric facility. Nine people died in a two-week period. That facility is undergoing refurbishment.

All of the inpatients had to be moved out for a period of more than 12 months because of extensive renovation work that is needed. My understanding is that the renovation work is going ahead in that facility.