Mr. Pat Healy:

As the Chairman said, the report is quite complimentary on a number of fronts. Governance and management is one of the issues that is often raised by HIQA but it was very complimentary of that. It was also complimentary of the clinical staff and was very positive in terms of the knowledge and practice and the person in charge. Clearly, what the report is saying is that the failings are essentially about the environment. We know that the infrastructure of St. Finbarr's hospital is very old and part of the resolution would be in the context of the capital programme. There was a positive announcement on that in the past week.

In regard to the specifics, two issues were raised. One issue related to an incident which resulted in a bruise on a resident, which had been recorded but not adequately investigated. The reason it had not been investigated was that the understanding of the staff was that it had arisen as a result of a near fall - in other words, one of the staff quickly grabbed the resident who was about to fall. As a result, the resident had a bruise. Subsequent to the HIQA visit, it carried out an investigation and that was the identified issue. That was recorded, noted and accepted by HIQA.

The second case that HIQA mentioned related to another individual in which a complaint was made. It was referenced in the report as not having been accepted. An investigation has since been undertaken into that incident and that has been provided to HIQA. My expectation is that it will consider that and note it, similar to the previous case, but that will have to be determined by HIQA. Both cases have been fully followed up.