Ms Laura Casey:

There are a number of areas. The compliance tools and the data reporting were identified quite early as requiring primary legislation. This work is comprehended in the legislation before the committee. The regulations are also being looked at. A number of the expert panel's recommendations relate to the 2013 regulations and parallel work is being done in conjunction with HIQA to look at revising these. We hope to be able to move on this quickly early in the new year. A lot of work has been done on it.

The second phase of work is a more broader review of the regulatory framework. A number of pieces of work are ongoing to inform this. In particular, we have committed a piece of research to look at the regulatory frameworks in a number of countries to identify trends in regulatory approaches to the nursing home sector. We hope to receive this at the end of the year. This will give us a platform for a more thorough comprehensive review of the legislation in a more holistic way.