Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I do not disagree with the Deputy. We have 67 approved centres within the HSE. The Deputy is right. The private providers are already regulated by the Mental Health Commission. They would not get their registration otherwise. I do agree with the Deputy on safeguarding, that there has to be that particular crossover. For example, Waterford Residential Care Centre in the city is a fantastic building with 100 rooms en suite. We have 20 beds in there which are psychiatry of later life. The Mental Health Commission regulates that part but the other 80 beds are regulated by HIQA. I just want to give them a shout out because recently they had a visit and their compliance was 100%. Seeing compliance in St. Aidan's of 100%, we have to congratulate good practice as well as calling out the ones that are not. The Mental Health Commission does work with HIQA because it is the regulator in the same facility at times. I take on board what the Deputy said and I agree with her.

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