Care of the Elderly

598. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will support the national roll-out of Age Action’s care and repair scheme, as committed to in the programme for Government, if she will outline a timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53130/25]

529. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place within her Department to ensure the meaningful engagement of older people in the development, formulation, and evaluation of policies that directly or indirectly affect them; and the steps her Department has taken in the past 12 months to consult with organisations representing older people or with older people directly…

870. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO3 where HSE funds day care centres for older persons; the days of the week each of those day care centres opens; the referral process for a new older person to be able to join one of those day care centres, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38795/25]

908. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the additional services being put in place for older people as part of the enhanced community care programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38942/25]

368. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a retirement home (details supplied) in Waterford was closed; the reason for its closure; if his Department plans to reopen the facility as a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33354/25]

824. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the specific arrangements she has in place to ensure social care services for the elderly are delivered in a manner consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, in particular Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, Article 9, Article 19, Article 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32216/25]

677. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 610 of 29 November 2022 and No. 683 of 23 April 2024, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if her Department has considered this model of care in the context of its overall commitment to enhancing opportunities for older people to stay in their homes and communities for longer. [288…

149. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if housing provision for older people falls under her remit within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26095/25]

178. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if funding will be restored to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24524/25]

472. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no availability for the provision of respite care for elderly patients in Offaly; the reason elderly persons in need of such care continue to have to travel out of the county to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22271/25]

2081. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently provide a bed for a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19149/25]

2228. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE provides a significant increase in annual funding, at a minimum to 2007 levels, to a centre (details supplied) for senior citizens, in order to enable its continued operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19807/25]

771. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded community groups servicing the needs of older people in the Lucan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15418/25]

266. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of reports to the HSE of elder abuse, by category of abuse, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases investigated and resolved over that time; and the number of cases that the health ombudsman has reviewed and is reviewing in respect of safeguarding of older persons. [14600/25]

1235. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term residential care centres and long-term residential care beds in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2988/25]

1393. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to consider the urgent need for additional nursing staff/home carers to cater for our elderly loved ones, as there is a huge shortfall of required caring staff in Kerry, with Dingle, the Iveragh peninsula, south and east Kerry being particularly badly affected; if he will provide additional nurses/carers to visit them regularly because if t…