Oireachtas to hear of 'serious' concerns around closure of Cork mental health facility

Neasa Hourigan, Green Party spokesperson on health and member of the Sub-committee on Mental Health,  said: “I have a serious concern that once this facility is closed that the service is gone."

The Owenacurra Centre in Midleton, whose building is “in a very poor condition”, according to the HSE.

There are “serious concerns” around the proposed closure of a Cork mental health facility, an emergency session of the Oireachtas Sub-committee on Mental Health will be told on Monday.

Residents at the Owenacurra Centre were unexpectedly told by the HSE in late June the centre would shut by the end of October due to the building being “in a very poor condition”. Families have said it seems likely residents will now be separated to different locations.