Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)

I apologise for not being here for the witnesses' presentation. I was dealing with an issue in the Dáil Chamber. On the concerns raised by RTÉ, the most frightening thing for everyone who saw the programme was the treatment of patients and the whole lack of communication. HIQA's report refers to monitoring notifications received in respect of The Residence, Portlaoise. It says 40 complaints were made regarding allegations of suspected or confirmed abuse of residents. When were those complaints raised? HIQA says there were 40. Over what period of time were those complaints made?

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