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

Mr. Finbarr Colfer:

If I may explain, notifications are required by law on the part of providers to tell us of specific events that happen. They are not so much a complaint as the provider telling us. Some providers report a lot of issues. They will report when two residents have an altercation or if one resident speaks to another resident. When we looked at the notifications for these centres, the majority related to interactions between residents. All of the notifications-----

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