Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

My question is related to a question Deputy Dowds raised earlier on activities. It has come to my notice in the recent past that residents and their families have received invoices for additional costs for the provision of services. Other Oireachtas Members will also have encountered this. Most of these services were available and covered by the payment on the admission of the patient. There seems to be a move to charge for individual activities provided. Does HIQA have a regulatory function or a view on this? Has HIQA come across this?