Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
1936. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking into reviewing a recent report from a public body (details supplied) that found that residents in seven centres for disabled persons were not adequately protected from the risk of infection. [43798/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn 26th August, 2022, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published 36 inspection reports on designated centres for people with disabilities. The inspections assessed the centres’ compliance with Regulation 27: Protection against infection.
Two centres inspected were fully compliant and a further 27 substantially compliant, 7 centres were non-compliant.
HIQA has confirmed that the relevant providers havereturned compliance plans (which are included in the published HIQA Reports).
Inspectors continue to engage with the providers regarding non-compliance. ,monitoring the implementation of those plans. The inspectors will verify the effectiveness of those improvement plans in protecting residents from the risk of infection at the following inspection.
The HSE is aware that while there has been improvements, there are still areas of non-compliance to progress. The HSE continues to work with HIQA and service providers to improve compliance with particular emphasis on the physical infrastructure, governance and management processes.
