Hiqa CEO apologises at Oireachtas committee for 'failings' over nursing home abuses

Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) Chief Executive Angela Fitzgerald leaving Leinster House, Dublin, after Hiqa representatives appeared before the Health Committee over standards of care at nursing homes. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The health watchdog has apologised for its “failings” in relation to the recent exposé of abuses recorded in nursing homes.

Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) chief executive Angela Fitzgerald made the apology to the Oireachtas Health Committee to address issues raised after RTÉ’s recent nursing home investigation.