Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-15
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

I move amendment No. 32:
In page 55, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:
“(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
“(2A) If the chief inspector considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of a review referred to in section 41A, the chief inspector may enter and inspect at any time any premises—
(a) owned or controlled by a relevant entity within the meaning of section 41A, or
(b) used or proposed to be used for any purpose connected with the provision of a health service by a relevant entity within the meaning of section 41A.”,
(c) in subsection (3)—
(i) by the insertion of “or a review referred to in section 41A” after “section 41”, and
(ii) in paragraph (b), by the insertion of “in the case of an inspection referred to in section 41, or any premises referred to in subsection (2A) in the case of a review referred to in section 41A” after “subsection (2)”,”.

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