Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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1454. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022, 19 January 2023 and 570 of 7 March 2023, the reason the HSE can justify not providing the information already requested in these Parliamentary Questions given its relevance to regional service provision implications of the decision to close the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton and given the Mental Health Commission's clear guidance on 'out of area' placements and the right to community living enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and given recommended allocations of thirty community residence placements for a population of 100,000 contained in A Vision for Change; in particular, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out-of-area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed; if so, if he will provide the exact dates for when any such agreements may have been made, and on what clinical basis the agreements were made given that it is not custom and practice to accept 'out of area' referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/23]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.