Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

It was promised to introduce a Bill establishing the health information and quality authority alongside the legislation establishing the Health Service Executive, which was taken last December. However, the Bill never materialised. This legislation was to include an inspectorate of nursing homes. This, along with the repayments Bill to pay elderly people their money, is now listed under the section for Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by Government. The first stage of preparation of these Bills has not been completed. The introduction of these Bills to the House is a moveable feast.

Will those entitled to get their money back see this legislation introduced and completed in the House this year? Will the people who saw the great concern expressed by the Taoiseach when the Leas Cross nursing home was in the media see the legislation on the inspectorate of nursing homes introduced to the House this year, as was promised by him?

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