Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Committee on Public Petitions

Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion.

Dr. Orla Kelleher:

We have made various freedom of information requests to get access to information. We have had fire safety reports and asbestos reports setting out what work needs to be carried out, but they do not say the issues are beyond repair. There has not been any independent report, notwithstanding calls from family members and the Save Owenacurra Centre campaign for such a report. We have not had anything that stacks up, as in the situation in Tipperary to which the Chairman referred.