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, September 2023 within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan received 14 September 2023. 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: 89.
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Ranked 56 of 69 scored homes in Co. Cork · 28 of 32 within 25 km
Leadership and management72
Quality and safety of care78
What went into the score
4 September 2025 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 9 of 17 compliant · 80
10 February 2025 · counts 30%2 not compliant · 9 of 19 compliant · 76
18 April 2024 · counts 20%6 not compliant · 8 of 20 compliant · 63
Fair Deal price is 53% above the Co. Cork median of €1,305 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
Farranlea Road Community Nursing Unit in Cork is a large, two-storey nursing home with 85 residents during inspection. Residents generally felt well cared for, describing staff as helpful and kind, and appreciated the privacy of single rooms. The home offers 24-hour nursing care with access to various health professionals. However, some issues were noted such as overcrowded dining rooms, limited activities on some days, and privacy concerns in shared rooms. The management has improved oversight but some staff training and record-keeping need attention. The premises require repairs and better maintenance to ensure safety and comfort.
Long-term care
rehabilitation
Palliative care
What inspectors liked
Residents described staff as helpful, caring and kind
Care plans were comprehensive, person-centred and updated regularly
Access to full-time physiotherapist and occupational therapist, plus part-time dietitian and speech therapist
Complaints procedure was in place and feedback welcomed by management
Residents had choice about daily routines and were supported to maintain independence
What needed to improve
Dining rooms on some units were overcrowded with insufficient chairs, impacting mealtime experience
Some days had no activities available due to reduced activity staff
Privacy screens in shared rooms did not fully ensure privacy
Broken handrails in corridors posed safety risks
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
4 September 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Dec 2025
9 compliant7 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 30 November 2025
Staff training records were incomplete and some mandatory training was overdue
What residents said
“helpful, caring and kind”
“Farranlea Road was a nice place to live”
“staff were very supportive and assisted them to maintain their independence”
“sometimes difficult to familiarise themselves with new staff as there were some days when there were agency staff working”
“evening meal choices had improved”
Staffing
Staffing levels and skill mix were sufficient to meet residents' needs, with a full-time person in charge and clinical nurse managers on each unit. Agency staff were used when needed but supervised by familiar staff. Some mandatory training was overdue for a minority of staff.
Activities
There was a dedicated activities staff member who consulted residents on events. Residents enjoyed activities like bingo, but some reported days without any activities due to staff vacancies.
Food
Residents praised the quality and choice of food, with menus on tables and sufficient staff to assist. However, dining rooms were overcrowded and some staff had to stand while assisting residents.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 4 September 2025. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
Mostly
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentLow risk · fix by 8 December 2025Mostly
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 November 2025Mostly
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 30 November 2025Mostly
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 15 September 2025Mostly
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 25 February 2026Mostly
Communication difficultiesCompliant
VisitsCompliant
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 25 February 2026Not compliant