James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the Health Information and Quality Authority staffing structure and pay rates for persons due to be involved in the inspection and registration of nursing homes; the locations at which the HIQA inspection staff and offices will be located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12447/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The process of the registration and inspection of nursing homes by the Health Information and Quality Authority will commence from July 1st, 2009. This will, for the first time, introduce an independent system of inspection of both public and private nursing homes.

The staffing structure of the nursing home registration and inspection function within the Authority will be as follows:

Deputy Director (1 post): approved salary scale €106,076 – €126,507;

Regional Operations Managers (3 posts): approved salary scale €90,702 – €112,191;

Inspector Managers (19 posts): approved salary scale €73,392 – €91,594;

Inspectors (30 posts): approved salary scale €62,719 – €77,936.

The offices of the Authority are based in Cork (Mahon) and Dublin (Smithfield). In the interests of overall efficiency and effectiveness, some regionally-deployed inspection staff will be facilitated to work from home depending on the geographical location of their work and the distance from Health Information and Quality Authority offices.