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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: Yes, but the Minister of State should know these figures. There were 198 allegations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: How much in financial penalties was imposed on the nursing home or nursing home group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: No, it is a matter for the Minister of State and the Government. I need to outline this from my perspective. The Government has allowed a situation to arise where we have drifted from a majority of nursing homes being publicly run to a majority of nursing homes being privately run. Even within that, what are called "mom and pop" nursing homes - the family-run nursing homes - have been run...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: No financial penalties were imposed because HIQA does not have the power to do so, as it told us earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: I know that but zero fines have been imposed on this group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: With all of those allegations, zero fines have been imposed on this group because HIQA does not have the power to do it. HIQA told us that this is one of the areas it would like reviewed. Is the Minister of State aware of the Emily case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: What home was involved? Was it a nursing home? Does he know in what year that occurred?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: Is the Minister of State aware of the Leas Cross case? Does he know when it was?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: Yes. Is he aware of the Brandon case in County Donegal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: Is he aware of the Grace case most recently?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: After all of the television programmes and the Leas Cross case, which dates back 20 years, the need for adult and safeguarding legislation was called for. The Minister of State came here today and said the Minister will bring a memo on policy. There is no legislation and the same applies to the programme for Government. We do not even have the heads of a Bill, which is not good enough. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: No fines have been imposed on this group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: After all of the abuse and neglect, families will feel let down because there have been no fines - zero.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: HIQA does not have the power to issue fines. The Minister of State should listen back to what HIQA said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: When?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: Again, to save the Minister of State the effort of rustling through his papers, it is 198.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: 568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025; when he expects it to pass through both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32408/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if reimbursements will be made to those who have applied for the widow’s, widower’s and surviving civil partner’s contributory pension when the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partners Pension) Bill 2025 is enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32409/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2025)
David Cullinane: 654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the various funding mechanisms which exist for local authorities through his Department which relate to fisheries and the marine, in tabular form; and the level of funding directed to each local authority in each year from 2015 to 2025. [32440/25]