Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

My second question concerns the 180-page report. I missed an earlier part of the discussion due to technical issues. It was mentioned that there were 10,000 correspondents in relation to possible cases of neglect, or situations where care was unsatisfactory. Could one of the witnesses provide more detail on the scale of this correspondence? Were the correspondents victims of physical or mental abuse? In what setting did the abuse occur? I am particularly concerned about adults and children in special needs provision. That is a different situation. For example, if an adult has learning difficulties, where does the division lie in that situation, when somebody wants to complain?

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