Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

HIQA Report 2022: Discussion

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all remember the "Prime Time" exposé of a HSE facility in County Mayo in 2014. Gardaí cannot be everywhere and HIQA cannot be everywhere.

How does HIQA operate in terms of unannounced inspections? In this case there was undercover footage. The saying is that a picture paints a thousand words. Everyone was able to see what was going on. I believe there was an unannounced inspection prior to that. How does HIQA operate with unannounced inspections versus announced inspections?

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