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- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: ...the nursing home since 2019. Mary was shown a video of her husband before he died and it was quite horrific. The side of Ultan's face was discoloured with black, congealed blood. His nails were long and had become black as he had, unknown to himself, been picking at his facial tumours. As a result, these facial tumours became infected. Shockingly, his face had become infested with...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... Lots of people have come to me about this. Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021, contributions from farm and business assets can be capped after three years in care as long as the family successor who is appointed will continue to run the assets for a period. Having already introduced amendments to the fair deal scheme to safeguard family farms and...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am glad to hear that because we have been waiting for a very long time. While home care hours and funding have been increased since 2020, waiting lists remain stubbornly high. In February, there were over 5,500 people approved for a home care package but no carer was available. These staffing challenges have only been made worse by the regressive HSE recruitment freeze. That freeze...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Pauline Tully: .... HIQA published three comprehensive proposals on improving its governing legislation and enforcement powers, the first in 2013, another in 2017 and the third in 2021. It has taken far too long to act on these proposals. In them, HIQA sought improved compliance notices, which I welcome and are included in the Bill. However, it also sought a more flexible enforcement system, which...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I welcome this long-awaited Bill to progress recommendations 14.4 and 14.6 of the Covid-19 nursing homes expert panel, which the Social Democrats will support. However, it is deeply regrettable that it has taken this long for the Minister to produce the necessary Bill. While these reforms are welcome, the Bill will not deliver fully on the regulatory reform recommendations from the expert...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Duncan Smith: ...Minister for Health to prescribe the arrangements for the collection, sharing and publication of the data. This creates the ability for the Minister and his Department to take part in the type of long-term planning the sector desperately needs. I hope the Minister will utilise this mechanism to its utmost. I have broader concerns, however, that the Government has been found lacking...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
David Cullinane: ...support. HIQA published comprehensive proposals on improving its governing legislation and enforcement powers in 2013 and more recently in 2017 and 2021. The authority has been calling for these for a long time and it has taken far too long for the Government to act on them. HIQA has flagged that existing definitions fall short of legal clarity and that there are no specific clinical...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)
Mary Butler: ...of older persons' services in 2022, the chief inspector noted that although there was good overall compliance in 2022, "there are regulations with consistently higher levels of non-compliance over a prolonged period". For these instances, it is essential that effective enforcement mechanisms are in place. The first of these enhancements will provide the chief inspector with a new...