Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
693. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the person or bodies at all levels that will be held accountable for the Grace case and the findings of the subsequent Devine and Resilience reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12936/17]
View answerThe Commission of Investigation into certain matters relative to a disability service in the South East and related matters i.e. the Commission being established into the care of "Grace" (pseudonym) and others, will be tasked with establishing the facts regarding the role of public authorities in the care and protection of Grace and the other vulnerable individuals who resided with the former foster family.
It is important to emphasise that the Health Service Executive (HSE) has put in place a number of changes in recent years to take account of the service and management deficiencies identified in the Conal Devine report, and in particular the Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse – National Policy and Procedures.
With regard to the HSE’s internal human resource (HR) management process into the failings identified in the Devine and Resilience reports, following the publication of the reports all HR matters can now be immediately progressed. As this aspect of the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
