Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Phelim Quinn:

The only thing being proposed at present is that the powers we currently have under the 2007 Act are extended into the private healthcare sector as an interim measure. However, it will not have those enforcement measures. Subsequently, through the commencement of the patient safety (licensing) Bill, those enforcement powers would then take hold.