Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 39:

In page 50, to delete lines 21 to 29 and substitute the following: “(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) there may be a serious risk—

(i) to the health or welfare of a person receiving those services, or

(ii) of a failure to comply with the provisions of the Act of 2013, notwithstanding that such a risk may also exist elsewhere in those services,”,

and

(iii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) the risk may be the result of any act, failure to act or negligence on the part of—

(i) the Executive,

(ii) the Agency,

(iii) a service provider to which paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of service provider applies,

(iv) a service provider to which paragraph (c) of the definition of service provider applies,

(iva) a service provider to which paragraph (d) of the definition of service provider applies,

(v) the registered provider of a designated centre to which paragraph (a)(ii), (iii) or (c) of the definition of designated centre applies,

(vi) the registered provider of a designated centre to which paragraph (a)(i) or (b) of the definition of designated centre applies,

(vii) the person in charge of a designated centre referred to in subparagraph (v), if other than its registered provider,

(viii) the person in charge of a designated centre referred to in subparagraph (vi), if other than its registered provider, or

(ix) a person carrying on the business of providing a prescribed private health service, and”,

and

(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) an investigation may be in the interests of—

(i) improving the safety, quality and standards of the services described in section 8(1)(b) or (1)(ba) which are the subject of the investigation, or

(ii) the provision of health and personal social services for the benefit of the health and welfare of the public.”,”.