The Health Information and Quality Authority would require additional powers to regulate parent companies of nursing homes, the Health Committee said.

The programme exposed serious care failures at two nursing homes run by Emeis Ireland, including staff misconduct and abuse allegations.

A documentary broadcast on RTÉ this week revealed serious issues at a number of nursing homes.

RTÉ Investigates examined standards of care at two nursing homes operated by Emeis Ireland, formerly known as Orpea.

Two of the centres that were inspected—Eglinton Centre and Slaney Court Apartments—were found to have no non-compliances identified against the standards. The remaining five centres had varying levels of compliance.

It leaves the total number of children awaiting spinal surgery procedures at 228.

Disbanding the board of Children’s Health Ireland would not help in any shape or form, the Taoiseach has said.

'Following discussions over recent weeks with the Department for Health, I now wish to step down and provide for an orderly transition to a new chair'

Poor governance was identified by the HIQA at three centres operated by Ability West.

Of the eight foster care standards that were assessed, one was found to be compliant, two were found to be substantially compliant and the other five were found to be not compliant.

The inspection found 35 per cent of staff across centres were not appropriately vetted by gardaí.

Some of the centres had not attained the appropriate An Garda Síochána vetting.

Eimear Carroll (42), of Hillside, Seffin, Birr, Offaly, pleaded guilty to one count of harassment and two counts of sending by post an article which is obscene, grossly offensive, or menacing.

Inspections of International Protection Accommodation services found asylum seekers living in "cramped, overcrowded, undignified and unsafe" accommodation

HIQA found that many children continued to experience significant delays in receiving a social worker-led service.

Poor governance was identified at four centres operated by St John of God Community Services CLG, which has centres in Dublin and Kildare.

HIQA has released a new report, detailing its monitoring of children's services over the last 10 years.

In one of the centres, HIQA inspectors found that a safeguarding incident involving the welfare of four children was not managed in line with national policy or guidance.

Fertility preservation is the cryopreservation, or freezing, of eggs, sperm, embryos or reproductive tissue, so that a person can use them to have biological children in the future.

HIQA said its health technology assessment found evidence that two types of enhanced flu vaccines may be more effective than standard flu vaccines in preventing cases of flu or flu-related hospitalisation in this age group.

The centre, which is ran by Ability West, provides respite care to a maximum of six adults with intellectual, as well as sometimes physical, disabilities.

There has been a focus on overcrowding at Limerick University Hospital in recent years.

Poor governance was identified at two centres operated by Brothers of Charity Services Ireland CLG

International Protection Accommodation Service centres, formerly known as direct provision centres, provide accommodation for people seeking international protection in Ireland.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) carried out an unannounced inspection of UHL last November

Inspectors also found that due to overcrowding, some adults and children shared beds.

The six hospitals inspected were Mayo University Hospital, Sligo University Hospital, The Rehabilitation Unit, St Mary’s Care Centre, Regional Hospital Mullingar, Clontarf Hospital, Carlow District Hospital and National Rehabilitation Hospital.

The plaintiff claimed she had been 'scapegoated' for a negative review given by Hiqa following an inspection of the nursing home last September

Hiqa made the finding during a inspection of Cara Cheshire Home in Dublin

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said over 121,526 patients have gone without hospital beds this year

HIQA made the findings when they conducted a risk-based announced inspection of CUH on 25th and 26th July 2023.

The Health Information and Quality Authority is appearing before the Oireachtas Health Committee on Wednesday to discuss its 2022 annual report