HIQA report highlights issues with congregated settings

Inspections of 1,268 centres last year found that residents in congregated settings were often separated from their local communities and continued to live in unsuitable outdated accommodation.

HIQA is responsible for the registration and inspection of 'designated centres' for people with disabilities.For over 10 years, there have been efforts to move people with disabilities from congregational settings to community living.There are residents in congregated settings who are frustrated by the length of time they have been waiting to move into the community.

They report that providers' governance arrangements in many of these centres failed to make sure that allegations of harm were being reported and investigated to a satisfactory level. Last year was the first full year of inspections since the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities came into force here in April 2018.

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