Liam Quaide

1140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of residents in designated centres for older persons who were issued with a discharge notice, notice to terminate their contract of care, or any equivalent notice requiring them to leave the nursing home in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; broken down by HSE health region, county, public, private and voluntary provider type, and whether the resident was supported under the nursing homes support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34759/26]

1141. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of discharge notices, notices to terminate contracts of care, or equivalent notices issued to nursing home residents in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 which were subsequently withdrawn; the reasons recorded for withdrawal; whether the withdrawal followed intervention by the HSE, HIQA, safeguarding services, an advocate, a family member or another body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34760/26]

1142. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the recorded outcomes for nursing home residents who were issued with a discharge notice or equivalent notice in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, including the number who transferred to another nursing home, were admitted to hospital, returned home with supports, remained in the same nursing home, died before transfer, or had another outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34761/26]

1143. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents who were admitted to an emergency department within seven, 14 and 30 days of being issued with a discharge notice, notice to terminate their contract of care, or equivalent notice in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such admissions that were due to an acute medical event, a fall, behavioural or psychological distress, absence of an alternative placement, or other recorded reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34762/26]

1144. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE, HIQA, the National Treatment Purchase Fund or her Department collects data linking nursing home discharge notices with subsequent emergency department attendance, hospital admission, delayed discharge, safeguarding referral or transfer to another nursing home; if not, the reason this data is not collected; whether she accepts that this is a significant gap in oversight; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34763/26]

1145. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of residents of nursing homes admitted to emergency departments in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such admissions by HSE health region, hospital group and age cohort; the primary recorded reasons for admission, including falls, infection, deterioration in physical health, mental health or behavioural distress, medication-related incidents, safeguarding concerns, or other causes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34764/26]

1146. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether any data is collected on cases in which a nursing home resident, family member, advocate or representative made a complaint or raised concerns about care and was subsequently issued with a discharge notice, notice to terminate a contract of care, or equivalent notice within 90-days; if so, the number of such cases in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34765/26]

1147. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals or contacts made to HSE safeguarding teams in respect of nursing homes in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such referrals which related to discharge notices, threatened discharge, or concerns about the manner in which a transfer or discharge was being managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34766/26]

1152. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 on which a nursing home sought additional funding, staffing support, clinical support, specialist input or other resources because a resident's care needs had increased; the body to which such requests were made; the number approved, refused or still pending; the average time to decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34771/26]

1153. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents in in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 whose care needs were deemed by a nursing home to have exceeded the capacity of that nursing home to provide safe care; the number of such cases that resulted in a discharge notice, hospital admission, transfer to another nursing home or referral to the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34772/26]

1154. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the specialist supports that are available to nursing homes when a resident's care needs increase, including access to geriatric medicine, psychiatry of later life, palliative care, dementia-specific supports, behavioural support, tissue viability nursing, dietetics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and social work; whether access to these supports is recorded nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34773/26]

1160. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of discharge notices, notices to terminate contracts of care, or equivalent notices issued to residents supported under the nursing homes support scheme compared with residents paying privately in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34779/26]

1161. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she will commission a review of the issuing of discharge notices and termination of contracts of care in nursing homes, including the extent to which such notices follow complaints by families, increased care needs, safeguarding concerns, funding disputes, staffing limitations or inability to access specialist supports; whether such a review will examine the balance of power between providers, residents and families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34780/26]

1190. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans for the former dispensary building in Ballynoe, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35036/26]

1245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of management staff recruited or redeployed as part of the HSE health region/integrated healthcare area restructuring, broken down by health region and integrated healthcare area; whether each post is a new post, redeployment or re-titled existing post; the grade and salary scale attached to each post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35332/26]

1246. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of additional clinical staff recruited in each health region and integrated healthcare area in 2025 and 2026 so far, broken down by discipline, grade and service area, in tabular form. [35333/26]

208. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his plans to grant planning exemptions for modular homes will be accompanied by any changes to capital acquisitions tax in respect of individuals wishing to pay for the cost of building a modular home on another landowner’s property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32876/26]

881. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to address the service gap for people with disabilities who require therapeutic input after the age of 65, but who are no longer eligible to access physical and sensory disability teams due to their age; if there is a plan to increase primary care team staffing quotas to address this gap in service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/26]

1258. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department engaged with any firms in the private sector in the development of his Department's new national AI skilling platform, 'AIReady.ie'; if so, if he will list those firms. [32395/26]

1259. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of establishing his Department's new national AI skilling platform, 'AIReady.ie'; the annual cost he expects to incur on a per annum basis moving forward; the length of time he expects the 'AIReady.ie' initiative to remain in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32396/26]

452. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the building works that have taken place since January 2026 on the grounds of the former Owenacurra Centre, Midleton; and the works expected to take place from May to August 2026. [31685/26]

140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the current lack of funding streams available to support the staging of curriculum-based theatrical productions for post-primary students; if she acknowledges that prescribed Leaving Certificate texts, such as Othello by William Shakespeare, form a core part of the English curriculum; if consideration has been given to supporting access to live performances of such texts as part of arts-in-education and student wellbeing initiatives; and if she will outline any existing or planned funding mechanisms, pilot schemes, or interdepartmental collaborations that could support theatre companies delivering large-scale, curriculum-linked productions to students, particularly those in DEIS schools and rural areas. [31472/26]

148. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he is aware of a funding gap whereby curriculum-based theatre productions are not eligible for support from the Arts Council, while also falling outside the remit of the Department of Education & Youth; if his Department has considered introducing a dedicated funding stream or pilot initiative to support professional theatre companies delivering curriculum-relevant work to post-primary students; and if he will consider providing targeted or once-off funding supports for such initiatives, particularly where they demonstrate significant regional reach and educational impact. [31473/26]

20. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the Cabinet offshore wind energy clearing house. [29770/26]

1207. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant gynaecologists that are employed by the HSE and/or are on the Irish Medical Council’s specialist register for obstetrics and gynaecology; their locations throughout Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30253/26]