Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2038. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Owenacurra Mental Health facility, Midleton is to close by October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36338/21]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Cork Kerry Community Healthcare notified me of its plan to close Owenacurra Approved Centre on a phased basis. The current building is not fit for purpose and cannot be brought to the standard required by the Mental Health Commission. The transfer of the 19 residents is the immediate priority of the HSE, with the future of the site to be considered at a later stage. Family members of residents have been contacted and further engagement will take place over the coming weeks.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2039. To ask the Minister for Health the location that the 19 residents and patients will be redeployed to in east County Cork after the closure of the Owenacurra Mental Health centre, Midleton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36339/21]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2040. To ask the Minister for Health the location that the staff at the Owenacurra Mental Health centre, Midleton, County Cork will be redeployed to after the closure in October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36340/21]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2041. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Owenacurra Mental Health centre, Midleton, County Cork once it closes in 2021; if the building is deemed not fit for purpose if it will be used for an alternative purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36341/21]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.

Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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2042. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place on the site of the Owenacurra Mental Health centre, Midleton, County Cork to reinstate the services that were there previously; if the existing building will be demolished and a new centre built in its place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36342/21]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.