HSE committee admit UN disabilities convention may have been breached by Owenacurra closure

The minutes also noted that the closure of Owenacurra had had a 'significant effect' on the residents for whom 'it was their home'

The Owenacurra mental health facility which was closed recently. But concerns have been raised as to the appropriate nature of the settings many of Owenacurra’s residents had been moved to

A senior committee of the HSE has admitted that Cork/Kerry Healthcare may have breached a UN convention on disabilities in closing the Owenacurra mental health facility in East Cork.

Minutes from a specially convened meeting of the HSE’s Safety and Quality Committee (SQC), held last February to discuss the impact of the closure, show that concerns were raised as to the appropriate nature of the settings many of Owenacurra’s residents had been moved to, along with the decision to transfer residents away from the Midleton area against their wishes.