Results 281-300 of 866 for speaker:Cathy Bennett
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Could we invite representatives of the national debt of Ireland unit before the committee at some stage so that I can get an understanding of what happens there? There is a huge amount.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Would that come under the National Treasury Management Agency?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Could we call the NTMA in at some stage and have that on our work programme?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: I just thought it was interesting, as it is a huge amount of money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: I will just get straight into my line of questioning. The fact that 198 complaints of neglect were made over a three-year period in respect of Beneavin Manor beggars belief. What would have happened when complaints were made? What happens directly after a complaint is received?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: How many times has HIQA referred instances of complaint to the Garda or other agencies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: What happened after the referrals? Were the nursing homes involved closed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: They were not closed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: What is the role of HIQA? Does it not have authority to close nursing homes?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Why would they not be closed if they are not applying rules and regulations in the correct manner?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: That obviously has not worked. This issue is ongoing. HIQA has been in place since 2007. How many nursing homes have been closed in that period? Ms Fitzgerald stated that HIQA sets standards. What standards are being set if nursing homes are the subject of reports such as the one broadcast by RTÉ? Does HIQA have enforcement powers? What is happening? Nobody is running scared of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: How many has HIQA closed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Has Beneavin Manor been closed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: It is still open-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: -----even after the disclosures in the RTÉ programme?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)
Cathy Bennett: Then maybe HIQA's inspections are not thorough enough.