Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I put it to Dr. MacLellan that, in 2013, HIQA called for changes to legislation which included safeguarding vulnerable people, looking to strengthen the statutory remit, and looking for changes in the 2007 Health Act that Mr. Quinn spoke about earlier. It is 2021. Does Dr. MacLellan accept that these were issues for a long number of years pre-pandemic and while Dr. MacLellan is saying we are still looking into this issue, at this point in time neither HIQA nor adult safeguarding teams have the power to investigate complaints of abuse or neglect of individuals? Is that still the case today?

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