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 Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)

Apologies for being late but I was listening in. Ms Fitzgerald made the point that nobody wants to see CCTV, surveillance or monitoring 24-7 in a nursing home. It goes back to the culture, as she alluded to. After seeing that programme, I would not blame people for wanting that for their loved one. Trust will take time to rebuild. The culture will take time to be inculcated in any organisation. If you have an elderly parent or loved one at the moment, you probably do not have much time to see that culture being fostered. I am not advocating for 24-hour CCTV or surveillance in nursing homes, but does HIQA do undercover work, be it in the guise of a nurse or healthcare provider, similar to what RTÉ did? If not, should it?

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