Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion
5:30 pm
Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source
This is relevant to the corporate plan. A total of €3 billion has been cut from the health budget. I am aware of a hospital near my home which has lost 25% of its budget and almost 200 staff members. Surely these are issues that crop up when HIQA is carrying out inspections and checking standards across the board in various health care settings. Is it reasonable that HIQA reports would not refer to the question of resources? As I understand it, HIQA reports do not recommend a particular level of funding, resources or staffing for the institutions it inspects. This is a huge issue. Does HIQA have a function in that regard? If so, what is its function? If not, should it have such a function?
This aspect should be addressed by HIQA and I would like to hear what our visitors have to say in that regard.
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