Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 1242: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of nursing home inspections that were conducted by the Health Information and Quality Authority in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/12]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 1243: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of nursing homes that were foreclosed by the Health Information and Quality Authority in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18159/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1242 and 1243 together.

Under the Health Act, 2007 statutory responsibility is given to the Chief Inspector of Social Services, part of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) for inspecting and registering categories of designated centres, including nursing homes for older people. This system of registration and inspection commenced on 1 July, 2009. While some centres have decided to close for various reasons since the introduction of this regime, only five centres have been closed by HIQA pursuant to Section 59 or Section 60 of the Health Act 2007. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.