94. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to address the dearth of nursing home beds and increase the number of step-down facilities in response to the crisis in delayed transfers of care in our acute hospital system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52270/26]
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32. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has undertaken to regulate the parent companies of nursing home operators in Ireland and to bring them under the remit of HIQA which the Minister of State recognised as a systemic flaw in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on the 18 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4909/26]
69. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps that she is taking to increase the number of HSE community nursing home dementia beds which have decreased by 12% between 2020 and 2024, to increase community dementia respite beds, and to build capacity to address forecasting suggesting that the number of people with the condition in Ireland will more than double by 2050; and if she will make a statem…
2722. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to persons with Alzheimer's disease, per county, per year between the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41703/25]
2723. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the occupancy rate of community nursing home beds specifically available to persons with Alzheimer's disease, both dementia beds and dementia respite beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41704/25]
2938. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify the legal minimum level of qualification, if any, required for health care assistants to work in a nursing home. [42649/25]
2939. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of nurse to nursing home residents in a nursing home. [42650/25]
2940. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of health care assistants to nursing home resident in a nursing home. [42651/25]
2941. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of nurses working in nursing homes. [42652/25]
2942. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42653/25]
2943. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average rate of pay for health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42654/25]
2944. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of service for health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42655/25]
2945. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average staff vacancy rate in nursing homes. [42656/25]
179. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with Alzheimer's, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34579/25]
764. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the national treatment purchase fund engaged individually or collectively with nursing homes (details supplied) during 2024; the basis on which they calculated the funds that could be paid to the homes through the HSE administered nursing home support scheme and if the NTPF, at any stage in the negotiation process, examined the books of the group or of their…
765. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority reviewed the evidence regarding the operation of a nursing home group (details supplied) in France before deciding on registering any of their nursing homes in Ireland; and, if so, if they decided on any special oversight measures as a condition of registration or reregistration of nursing homes linked to the grou…
766. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health who she believes is responsible for the signing of contracts for care of residents in nursing homes who lack capacity to make the decision to sign. [33722/25]
767. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance arrangements that are planned to enable HSE clinical supports be provided to private nursing homes in the context of the development of the six HSE health regions. [33724/25]
1404. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (details supplied); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29516/25]
1409. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the organisations funded by the HSE and her Department that work with sufferers of acquired brain injury; the supports available to them for each year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12000/25]
1782. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals, in ranges of 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 years who are in receipt of full-time nursing home care, private and public, by IHA area. [12001/25]