Catherine Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The UK's Care Quality Commission, which is sort of like HIQA's brother organisation there, is allowed to impose fines and to prosecute at a higher level, either in the equivalent of the Circuit Court or High Court. Is it felt there are legislative gaps in HIQA's suite of available prosecutions? From what has been said, it seems HIQA is quite reticent in even using the summary suite of prosecutions it is allowed.