Disability Services Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 September 2017

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Ceisteanna (363)

Mick Wallace

Ceist:

363. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published Health Information Quality Authority, HIQA, inspection report on an organisation (details supplied); if he has satisfied himself that the organisation can implement the proposed action plan in view of the volume of complaints from families and their lack of confidence in the board and directors of the organisation and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40576/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I am aware of the organisation to which the Deputy refers and I understand that there have been issues at its centre in Wicklow in relation to compliance with regulatory standards. The most recent inspection report on this centre, which was published by the Health Information and Quality Authority on 13 September 2017, identified a number of areas where significant improvements were needed.

Where issues of non-compliance are identified, HIQA’s inspection reports include a series of follow-on actions that the service provider must implement within a prescribed time-frame. The Health Service Executive has assured me that it is working closely with Sunbeam House Services to help it address these issues with a view to ensuring that HIQA’s action plan is implemented in a timely fashion and to the satisfaction of the regulator.