Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive

9:30 am

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I understand that. To be fair about Owenacurra, regarding the time to get it out of the ground, before I came, it was much disputed. I went there and met staff, some of the residents and the mental health service in Cork. After that visit, I made the formal decision that we would build on the same site so that the future users of those services would have access to the town and all of the support systems there. That decision has been made. I understand the design work has been well drafted. We will come back to the Deputy with a more definitive answer.