Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Caroline Walker-Strong:
On the training piece, there is a role for training in this but it is not just about training. As we outlined in our opening statement, there is no magic wand that will fix this. It is not just about the legislation and the training. It is about a shift in culture and how we think about this. I could not agree more that it is about the options being available. There may be a necessity for some of the larger nursing homes to remain but there is nothing in between at the moment. There are odd pockets - Dr. Donnelly gave a good example of Bruff in County Limerick - of those things happening but our membership would certainly be very concerned about the privatisation of care across the care spectrum, not just in older persons' care. We would be worried about the State moving more towards the privatisation of care and what that means. Returning to Dr. Nicholas O'Neill's research, we know that outcomes are poorer in privatised care. We agree on that point.
I cannot remember what the third point was. I am sorry. Was it on training and staffing levels?
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