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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We have another session now with the Minister of State who is waiting. They will follow up in writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Absolutely Deputy. Time is tight. We were allowing time for each member to come in individually and each member was given the same amount of time. Everybody was allocated the same amount of time. The session is tight, as we have another session on the same issue now with the Minister of State who is waiting. I want to thank members and witnesses. We are going to take a very short...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We will now further consider standards of care and related practices in nursing homes and the oversight of these matters. To continue the committee's considerations of these matters, I welcome Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, the Minister of State with responsibility for older people. I also welcome officials from the Department and with members' agreement, some of the officials may answer some of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank to the Minister of State. We will now move to members by rotation. I ask members to try to stick to the time, as it will be tight and I want to try to get as many members in as possible before we finish at 12 o'clock. The first slot is Fianna Fáil's.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister of State and welcome the schoolchildren in the Gallery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister of State. The next slot is the Labour Party's. I call Deputy Sherlock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We have to watch the time, Deputy. The Minister can make a very brief response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: For the next round, we will have to go slightly tighter on time. We will only get to each of the groups once before the meeting closes. The next slot is for Fianna Fáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We have only 15 minutes left so we will have four-minute slots for the final round. I will go back to each of the groups once. If members wish to share the slot, as Fianna Fáil just did, it is open to them to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We can only get back to each group once more. We are finishing at 12 noon. We cannot fit everybody in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The next slot is for Sinn Féin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister of State very much. Next, we turn to Fine Gael.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We have two slots left. There is myself for the Social Democrats, and we will get back to another Fianna Fáil speaker if somebody wants to come back in. We might alert Deputy O'Sullivan, if he comes back in. I want to pick up on something about the model of the nursing homes. Am I right in thinking that in the early 1990s, about 30% were for profit and that has now increased to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: So the Minister of State is agnostic as to the better outcomes in the different-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Absolutely. Moving on to safeguarding, the Minister of State mentioned that the HSE has a safeguarding policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: That does not apply to private nursing homes. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: In practice, we are saying 80% of the nursing homes are private but the policy and the right to entry does not apply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: That is, I suppose, where I would move to. I am a new TD but I have worked in the Houses for a number of years. I was involved in adult safeguarding legislation that came through the Seanad in 2017, so eight years ago. It was quite a substantial Private Members' Bill that was published. The Law Reform Commission did work on it. What I would like to hear from the Minister of State and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The Minister of State talked earlier about HIQA saying its ultimate sanction is the closing of a nursing home and then the HSE often will take it over. Does the Minister of State think there should be sanctions beyond that, like fines? Are those nursing home providers then unable to set up new nursing homes? Are there any rules or regulations to say they cannot do that? The Minister of...