Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 June 2025
941. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has paused publication of stage-3 nursing home inspection reports; if so, the legal basis for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll nursing homes, as registered providers with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), have well-established obligations under the legal framework in terms of the delivery of safe care to residents. HIQA is the statutory independent regulator for this sector and this responsibility is underpinned by a comprehensive quality framework comprising of Registration Regulations, Care and Welfare Regulations and Quality Standards.
In discharging its duties, HIQA determines through examination of all information available to it, including site inspections, whether a nursing home meets the regulations in order to achieve and maintain its registration status.
In its capacity as the independent regulator of the nursing home sector the decision to carry out an inspection of a particular nursing home and the frequency with which inspections occur at that same facility, is a matter for HIQA to decide.
HIQA have confirmed that they have not paused and continue to publish inspection reports.
