This is the most the home can charge a week for residents on the Fair Deal scheme. Under Fair Deal you pay up to 80% of your income and 7.5% of the value of your assets a year, and the State pays the rest. Homes may charge extra for things like activities, hairdressing or newspapers, so ask about these when you call.
Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration
Condition 1: Subject to any prohibitions or restrictions contained in any other condition(s), the designated centre shall be operated at all times in accordance with the Statement of Purpose within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan received on 17 July 2025. The registered provider shall only provide for the specific care and support needs, and services, within the facilities as set out the Statement of Purpose, as agreed with the Chief Inspector at the time of registration. Any changes to the specific care and support needs and services provided must be agreed in advance with the Chief Inspector.
Condition 2: Only persons aged 18 years or older shall be accommodated at the designated centre at any time.
Condition 3: The maximum number of persons that may be accommodated at the designated centre is: 30.
Other homes nearby
Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.
Ranked 11 of 16 scored homes in Co. Wexford · 5 of 8 within 25 km
Leadership and management74
Quality and safety of care66
What went into the score
18 November 2025 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 5 of 11 compliant · 76
7 January 2025 · counts 30%5 not compliant · 9 of 20 compliant · 67
6 March 2024 · counts 20%7 not compliant · 1 high risk · 6 of 22 compliant · 55
Fair Deal price is 52% above the Co. Wexford median of €1,277 a week.
How we calculate this score
Every regulation HIQA judged on an inspection earns points: Compliant 100, Substantially compliant 65, Not compliant 25.
Where the compliance plan rates the risk of a failing regulation, orange (moderate risk) takes off 15 more points and red (high risk) takes off 40. Yellow (low risk) takes off nothing.
An inspection's score is the average over the regulations it looked at.
A home's score combines its last 3 inspections: the newest counts for 50%, the one before for 30% and the one before that for 20%. With fewer inspections the weights are scaled up to 100%.
The trend compares the newest inspection's score with the average of the earlier ones: 5 points or more higher is improving, 5 or more lower is declining, anything else is stable.
Homes are ranked by score within their county and among scored homes within 25 km. Homes with the same score share a rank.
Method v1. It uses only HIQA's published judgments, not our opinion, and is recalculated whenever a new report is published.
What the latest inspection found
Abbeygale House is a well-managed nursing home with kind and respectful staff providing good care to residents. The home has mostly single en-suite rooms with overhead hoists and offers a range of communal spaces including a garden. Residents generally praised the staff and food. However, some residents were distressed by another resident's shouting and inappropriate language, and activities did not always match residents' interests, leading to limited social engagement. Infection control practices were mostly good but some issues with storage and cleaning were noted. Staffing relies heavily on agency staff, which some visitors felt affected care continuity.
Long-term care
Mental health
What inspectors liked
Staff are kind, respectful and provide good care and attention to residents.
Bedrooms are spacious, mostly single en-suite with overhead hoists and personalised by residents.
Meals are home cooked and residents are complimentary about the food.
The centre has a well-maintained enclosed garden accessible to residents.
Infection prevention and control practices are generally good with staff vigilant about early signs of infection.
What needed to improve
Some residents were distressed by a resident exhibiting shouting and inappropriate language, affecting their comfort and safety.
Activities offered did not always reflect residents' personal interests, leading to limited engagement and social participation.
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
18 November 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Mar 2026
5 compliant5 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
High reliance on agency staff affects continuity and quality of care according to some visitors.
Storage space is limited, leading to inappropriate storage of supplies in bathrooms.
Some infection control issues noted such as cluttered handwashing sinks and unclean cleaning equipment.
What residents said
“Staff couldn't do enough for me”
“I get the best of care and attention”
Staffing
The centre is staffed by qualified nursing and care staff at all times but relies heavily on agency staff due to vacancies and staff leave. On inspection day, agency staff covered most nursing and some healthcare assistant shifts. Management tries to ensure continuity but some visitors feel this affects care quality.
Activities
An activities schedule is displayed with activities planned seven days a week, including bingo. However, many residents showed limited interest and engagement, with some spending time alone or with visitors. Activities did not always match residents' personal interests, limiting social participation.
Food
Residents praised the home cooked food. Meals are prepared off site and served in two dining rooms or in residents' bedrooms. Adequate staff assist residents respectfully during mealtimes.
Dementia
Has a dedicated dementia unit. The ground floor unit is dedicated to psychiatry of old age, indicating a dementia care unit separate from Abbeygale House. Some residents in Abbeygale House experienced distress due to another resident's responsive behaviours related to dementia or other conditions.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 18 November 2025. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
Training and staff developmentLow risk · fix by 31 March 2026
Mostly
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 March 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careLow risk · fix by 28 February 2026Mostly
Residents' rightsModerate risk · fix by 17 February 2026Not compliant
VisitsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Temporary absence or discharge of residentsCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 18 November 2025Mostly