The role of the health services watchdog could be expanded to include Direct Provision and emergency accommodation.
That’s under a Sinn Féin bill which would extend the role of HIQA to include any emergency housing facility run by the State or councils.
Its Housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin says current inspections aren’t independent enough.
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And he says anyone in their right mind would support a truly independent regime of inspections.
