Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA

10:30 am

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for being late, but I read the report and summary last night. I heard a cute phrase last week, attributed to Mr. Eugene Sheehy from one of our banks, to the effect that the best disinfectant is sunlight. This report and its results are a perfect example of the applicability of that cute phrase, and I congratulate those involved. Given that there were few new resources added to the band of merry men and women in HIQA and the amount of work that has gone into this, along with the positivity with which it was received, how has it had an impact on the other work done in HIQA? How did the witnesses find the redistribution of the resources within HIQA? Was there an impact on the delivery of this report and the services provided in this sector? Did it have an impact on the delivery of any other health service?

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