Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority
2:00 am
Ms Susan Cliffe:
It depends on the issue identified. That is grounded in our assessment of the risk to individual residents in the centre. We afford providers an opportunity to address issues that are identified and expect that they will do it. The vast majority of the sector will do so. However, if we are really not satisfied and it is a repeat finding over multiple inspections that has not been addressed, we obviously will have an increasing concern and the timeframe to make the changes will be shorter. We will then move into escalating regulatory action. We will have enforcement action in the form of conditions and that will bring a shorter window. Like I said, one centre was inspected nine times last year. That is very unusual and it is really important that we recognise the vast majority of the sector takes action on foot of the findings of inspection and starts the work as the inspectors are going out the doors.
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