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 06/02/2026. 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: 49.
Other homes nearby
Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.
Ranked 13 of 16 scored homes in Co. Wexford · 6 of 8 within 25 km
Leadership and management56
Quality and safety of care71
What went into the score
17 February 2026 · counts 50%4 not compliant · 8 of 19 compliant · 68
2 July 2025 · counts 30%4 not compliant · 6 of 16 compliant · 64
13 March 2025 · counts 20%6 not compliant · 1 high risk · 3 of 18 compliant · 52
Fair Deal price is about the same as 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
Knockeen Nursing Home is a purpose-built centre with 49 single en-suite bedrooms, providing care for a wide range of needs including dementia and palliative care. Residents generally felt happy and praised the staff as kind and respectful, though some reported long wait times for call bell responses, especially at night. The home offers a variety of activities and has pleasant communal and outdoor spaces. While care and safety have improved, inspectors found issues with staffing levels at night, some care plans, infection control practices, and food choices that need attention.
Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Dementia care
Palliative care
Intellectual disability
Younger adults
What inspectors liked
Residents praised staff as very nice, exceptional, and respectful.
The centre offers a variety of activities including meditation, knitting, music, and one-to-one games.
Communal areas and secure gardens are comfortable, homely, and accessible without restriction.
Residents have access to a range of healthcare services and ongoing medical reviews.
Complaints are managed well and residents feel confident to raise concerns.
What needed to improve
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
17 February 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
8 compliant7 mostly4 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
Long wait times for call bell responses, especially at night, with delays up to 26 minutes.
Some care plans were not person-centred or accurate, lacking guidance for staff.
Infection control practices need improvement, including disposal of urinal contents and cleaning of equipment.
Food choices at main meals lacked beverage variety and did not always meet dietary needs.
Staffing levels and skill mix at night did not consistently meet residents' assessed needs.
What residents said
“you couldn't get nicer”
“very nice”
“very good to me”
“exceptional”
“lovely”
“sometimes I'm waiting a bit for the toilet”
“I could be waiting a quarter of an hour”
“the night is the worst, I can be waiting up to half an hour”
“superb”
“very good”
“it could be better”
“it could be improved”
“they are trying to improve it”
Staffing
The centre employs about 74 staff providing 24-hour care with registered nurses and healthcare assistants. However, inspectors found that staffing levels and skill mix at night were insufficient to meet residents' needs, leading to long call bell response times. Staff have access to mandatory training, though some are overdue refresher courses.
Activities
Residents enjoy a range of activities including meditation, knitting, music sessions, card games, and religious services. Activity staff are highly praised by residents.
Food
Meals are home-cooked with choices offered for starters, mains, and desserts. However, at main meals, residents were not offered a choice of beverages and some were dissatisfied with food quality and portion sizes.
Dementia
Has a dedicated dementia unit. The centre provides care for people with dementia and has appropriate assessments and care planning, though some care plans require improvement to be fully person-centred.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 17 February 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
StaffingLow risk · fix by 12 June 2026
Mostly
Training and staff developmentLow risk · fix by 30 June 2026Mostly
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 June 2026Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 30 May 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 15 May 2026Not compliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Application for registration or renewal of registrationCompliant
Changes to information supplied for registration purposesModerate risk · fix by 15 May 2026Not compliant
Applications by registered providers for the variation or removal of conditions of registrationCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planModerate risk · fix by 30 May 2026Not compliant
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 July 2026Mostly
Food and nutritionLow risk · fix by 12 June 2026Mostly
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 30 May 2026Mostly
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesLow risk · fix by 15 May 2026Mostly