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	Residents were also expected to pay for staff meals on outings.</p>
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	Residents of a disability support service in Dublin were asked to pay towards the cost of kettles, curtains, toasters and televisions, an inspection has found.</p>
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	The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report found that 16 residents of a Daughters of Charity Disability Support Service in Clonsilla, Dublin 15, were required to pay a fixed sum into an &ldquo;accessories money&rdquo; fund.</p>
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	According to the report, this money was then used to pay &ldquo;for household items such as kettles, toasters, televisions and curtains&rdquo;.</p>
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	&ldquo;This &lsquo;accessories payment&rsquo; was recorded within the individuals&rsquo; personal records and if not needed for household expenditure would be used by the resident. There was also a policy in place to guide all staff and persons in charge in relation to this practice called the &lsquo;procedure for managing service users&rsquo; monies.</p>
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	&ldquo;This policy instructed staff to request a specified sum per resident each month and that the &lsquo;accessories requisition sheet should be used for any items required for each house e.g. household items, small items of equipment, accessories, bed clothes, general items etc&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p>
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	The report says that this policy &ldquo;directly contradicted&rdquo; guidance from regulators.</p>
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	As well as paying for accessories, residents were expected to pay for staff meals while on outings and on holidays.</p>
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	A later inspection found that residents were being checked on every 30 minutes, an invasion of privacy.</p>
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	In a June inspection, HIQA noted some improvements and reviewed a plan to refurbish the units.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/disability-support-service-made-residents-pay-for-toasters-1606089-Aug2014/" style="font-size: 12px;">http://www.thejournal.ie/disability-support-service-made-residents-pay-for-toasters-1606089-Aug2014/</a></p>
