Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE
Frances Black (Independent)
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Can I interrupt Dr. O'Brien there because I am concerned around my own time? I heard, from the residents and from the families, how important for the residents' own mental health it is to live in their own community. It was one of the top priorities. I merely want to know what the witnesses' own belief is around that. Do they agree that it is absolutely vital that the residents have the right to live in their own community? That is so important. It is important that that is stressed here today, on behalf of the residents and on behalf of the families.