Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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We will do that.

No. 1035C from Councillor Liam Quaide, dated 30 January 2022, relates to the closure of the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton, County Cork. We have received a number of representations from individuals regarding this matter, including Deputy Pat Buckley, those being Nos. R1036, R1039, R1043, R1058 and R1065. Following receipt of previous correspondence from Councillor Quaide last year, we wrote to the HSE and requested a detailed response to seven specific issues. The response was received on 18 October last and is published on our web page, to which No. R0834 refers. We agreed to forward it to the Joint Committee on Health for its information and to ask whether it intended to pursue this matter. The committee responded on 25 November, stating that at that point, the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health had held two meetings on the matter and the Joint Committee on Health would continue to examine the matter. I understand members of the committee will visit the centre.

There is an issue with that because my understanding is that today there is a problem with Covid in that location and I think that that had to be deferred. That is my information.