Written answers

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Department of Health and Children

Nursing Home Standards

9:00 pm

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the standards for nursing home care, recently approved by the board of the Health Information and Equality Authority, will be published; when the standards will come into force; if the standards will be compulsory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16269/08]

Photo of Máire HoctorMáire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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The draft standards that the Deputy is referring to were published on 11th March, 2008 by the Health Information and Quality Authority together with a guide to the draft standards themselves. Both documents are available at www.hiqa.ie.

The Board of HIQA submitted the draft standards for approval by the Minister for Health and Children, as required under section 10(2) of the Health Act, 2007. These draft standards are currently under consideration by the Department. The standards and the Regulations required to underpin them will be subject to a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) before finalisation. It is hoped that work on the RIA and the Regulations will commence later this year. In the meantime, the Health Service Executive continues to carry out inspections of private nursing homes under the 1993 Care and Welfare Regulations.

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