Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael)
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I am flabbergasted. I think colleagues on the committee are flabbergasted. There does not seem to have been any empathy shown in the decision to close the Owenacurra centre. I agree with colleagues who have spoken. This is not going away. I do not know how the committee will proceed but we may need to talk to the Mental Health Commission again. We need to do something. We cannot allow the HSE to close this facility in the manner it is being done.