Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission

Dr. Andrea Mulligan:

I understand. Looking at private providers is very much within the scope of the project. Safeguarding necessarily takes in private entities but that may also include private homes. The powers one needs will necessarily include powers of entry and account has to be taken of people who are living in private homes with their relatives and private providers. That is very much on our radar. The model we are looking at is one that can effectively protect people regardless of what setting they are in. The whole idea is that those protective powers could be triggered regardless of whether someone is residing in a private or public context.

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