Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 34:

In page 55, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(4A) A chief inspector, in respect of premises referred to in subsection (2A), may⁠—

(a) inspect, take copies of or extracts from and remove from the premises any documents or records (including personal records) relating to the services provided by a relevant entity within the meaning of section 41A,

(b) inspect the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records in question,

(c) inspect any other item and remove it from the premises if the chief inspector considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of a review referred to in section 41A,

(d) interview in private any person⁠—

(i) working at the premises concerned, or

(ii) who at any time was or is in receipt of a service at the premises and who consents to be interviewed,

and

(e) make any other examination into the state and management of the premises or the standard of any services provided at the premises.”,

(d) in subsection (5)⁠—

(i) by the insertion of “or (2A)” after “subsection (2)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (ii), by the insertion of “or a review referred to in section 41A” after “section 41”,

(e) in subsection (6), by the insertion of “or (2A)” after “subsection (2)”, and

(f) in subsection (8)⁠—

(i) by the insertion of “or (2A)” after “subsection (2)”,

(ii) by the substitution of “an inspection referred to in section 41 or a review referred to in section 41A” for “an inspection under this section”,

(iii) by the substitution of “subject of the inspection or review” for “subject of the inspection”, and

(iv) in paragraph (b), by the insertion of “or review” after “the inspection”.

Amendment of section 74 of Act of 2007

46.Section 74 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) In this section, ‘dwelling’ includes⁠—

(a) any part of a designated centre occupied as a private residence by the registered provider of the designated centre or by a member of the staff of the registered provider, and

(b) any part of the premises of a person carrying on the business of providing a prescribed private health service occupied as a private residence by that person or by a member of the staff of that person.”.”.

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