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  • Bernadette Costello

    Role
    Board Member

    Bernadette started her professional career as a trainee accountant with PwC and has extensive experience in corporate governance and related areas,

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  • Bala Krishnan - Chief Information Officer

    Role
    Executive Management Team

    Bala was appointed as Chief Information Officer in January 2018.

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  • Sean Egan - Director of Healthcare Regulation

    Role
    Executive Management Team

    Sean has over 20 years’ experience in working to improve the quality and safety of healthcare for patients, either through healthcare provision or

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  • Angela Fitzgerald - Chief Executive

    Role
    Executive Management Team

    Angela Fitzgerald was appointed Chief Executive of HIQA in March 2022.

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  • Marty Whelan - Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

    Role
    Executive Management Team

    Marty was appointed as HIQA’s Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement in 2007.

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  • Financial abuse

    A situation in which someone harms another person in ways that relate to money.

  • Positive behavioural support (PBS)

    A multicomponent framework for (a) developing an understanding of behaviours that challenge displayed by an individual, based on an assessment of the social and physical environment and broader context within which it occurs; (b) with the inclusion of stakeholder perspectives and involvement; (c) using this understanding to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a personalised and enduring system of support; and (d) that enhances quality of life outcomes for the focal person and other stakeholders.

  • Personal care

    Meeting certain needs of people, such as assisting with going to the toilet, bathing, dressing, and undressing.

  • Autism

    A neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave.

  • Complex needs

    Two or more needs affecting a person's physical, mental, social or financial wellbeing that requires additional care and support on a daily basis.

  • Road traffic incident

    The unintended collision of one motor vehicle with another, an object, or person.

  • Colostomy bag

    A specialised plastic bag that collects faecal matter from the digestive tract through an opening in the abdominal wall called a stoma.