David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It remains to be seen how these amendments will work out in practice, but the substantive amendment in this grouping, which is amendment No. 26, seems limited in subsection (10) to long-stay residential facilities. Again, one of the issues HIQA raised with me was that this does not cover patient safety incidents in centres for people with disabilities, for example, or in other healthcare facilities. The Minister might confirm if that is the case and, if so, why.

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