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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: On the issue of the shortage of supply, I have heard rumours to suggest that blocks of apartments throughout the country have been closed down. They are completed and ready for occupation but are not being occupied. It would appear to me that such activity will impact in a positive way from the point of view of the owners but in a negative way from the point of view of the borrowers who...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Dr. Cassidy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for my invisibility. For some reason, my machine has not been operating properly. I welcome our guests and thank them for their candour and for their replies to the various questions. It has been quite informative. Electronically-driven business is good and works very effectively and efficiently from the point of view of those who can operate it but there is a question of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our witnesses for coming along. I have a couple of questions I would like to get into. In the response to a previous question, reference was made to the number of patients who died during Covid in private and public nursing homes. Will the witnesses repeat the numbers again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Covid-related deaths.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Unexpected deaths so. Then could I have the number of patients in the public and private sectors? We got the number of patients who died unexpectedly but we do not know the total number of patients in each sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: How many patients were in each of these sectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: My understanding is that a huge majority of the patients were in the private sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: During the Covid debates we got information that corresponds with what Ms Cliffe has just told me, that there is a vast difference between the number of beds available in the private sector for such patients as compared to the public sector. Is this true? There are at least five times as many.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The point is made. I want to ask about inspections and referrals where an inspection is carried out in either a public or private nursing home and concern is expressed or issues are raised. What is the normal procedure in the notification process? Does notification take place instantly? Are the concerns of the inspection group brought to the attention of the authorities immediately in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Suppose the providers do not notify HIQA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Does HIQA have a system whereby it can identify deficiencies in the system without waiting for a referral?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: How often has HIQA done this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: How often do inspections take place normally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Could it be concluded that the number of inspections was totally inadequate to deal with the possibility of difficulties or issues arising that needed action immediately? For instance, a year is an awfully long time to somebody who is in difficulty in a nursing home, whether it be public or private. Does Ms Cliffe agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: For example, in public or private nursing homes where major issues arose, on review does Ms Cliffe think that sufficient inspections were carried out in the run-up to the discovery of the issues of concern? If not, why not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: In comparison to what used to be the system, I used to be a member of a visiting committee to a number of hospitals. A small group of people, normally five or six, visited on a fairly regular basis. We were directed by the authorities based on continuous observance of the situation whatever it was, whether it was a public or private institution. We usually made decisions on the spot. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Bernard Durkan: During the course of the judicial review-----