The children’s team inspects and monitors statutory Children’s Residential Centres (CRC), statutory and private Foster Care Services (Foster), Special Care Units (SCU), and Oberstown Children Detention Campus.

The Chief Inspector of Social Services, as part of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), is responsible for the registration of designated centres for people with disabilities.

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Through our monitoring programmes, we aim to provide assurances to the public that services are implementing and meeting national standards and relevant regulations, and are making quality and safety improvements that safeguard children.

We are responsible for monitoring the quality of International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres.

Táimid freagrach as monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar cháilíocht na n-ionad buan seirbhíse cóiríochta cosanta idirnáisiúnta.

We inspect some of the social care services children access to determine if they are meeting national standards. We visit services, speak with children, their families and other important people in their lives.

We are responsible for monitoring, inspecting and registering all nursing homes in Ireland to ensure that residents are safe and receive a high quality of care.

If you have a concern about a health or social care service you or your family is receiving, or would like to report a good experience, we want you to let us know.

We are responsible for producing the evidence to support the development of National Clinical Guidelines. The guidelines aim to promote healthcare that is current, effective and consistent, ensuring best outcomes for patients and people using services.

Táimid freagrach as an bhfianaise a sholáthar chun tacú treoirlínte cliniciúla náisiúnta a fhorbairt. Tá sé mar aidhm leis na treoirlínte cúraim sláinte reatha, éifeachtach agus comhsheasmhach a chur chun cinn, rud a chinnteoidh na torthaí is fearr d’othair agus do dhaoine a úsáideann seirbhísí.

The database brings together notifications received from specified social care services, primarily residential centres for older persons and people with disabilities.