Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I met Ms Carol Grogan, the chief officer of HIQA, recently. She is very happy with the contents of the Bill to date. She also used the same wording - that the tools were very blunt - but this will allow her to deal with more urgent cases, working alongside the providers. She also flagged that there was repeated non-compliance across some services. This legislation pertains not only to nursing homes but also disability services. Ms Grogan felt that compliance was not being taken serious enough at times. The change in the timeframe from 28 days to 14 days will give the chief inspector much more power. I agree with the Deputy.