Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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Deputy Hourigan raised this issue and Deputy Buckley has asked us to raise it. Is there coercion involved in patients being moved? The last time Deputy Buckley raised this issue the representatives of the HSE who were here would not even consider to it. They reckoned that coercion was not even a possibility. Some members of the committee expressed dissatisfaction with the need to transfer the residents away from the Midleton area, contrary to their express wishes. That is coercion, no matter what way one looks at it, if patients are being moved out against their wishes.