Catherine Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)

We know HIQA was established in 2007 to ensure service users across residential settings live in dignity, in a clean and safe environment, with purpose and in high-quality accommodation. The most important people in the picture are the service users across the country, whom HIQA and we serve. Following on from Deputy Dolan in relation to the failure to prosecute, why have no prosecutions been brought? I know HIQA can only prosecute summarily in the District Court and it cannot issue fines. How many prosecutions have been brought in the last 12 months against individuals or nursing homes using the limited powers available to HIQA?