811. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently expedite a case (details supplied) and allow for a long-term nursing home bed in St. Columbanus Home, Killarney, County Kerry, as this is a most urgent case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37423/25]
Topics / Nursing Homes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNursing Homes
326 questions from 83 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 15 October 2026.
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323 written, 3 oral
83
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| January 2025 | 10 |
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| March 2025 | 13 |
| April 2025 | 13 |
| May 2025 | 12 |
| June 2025 | 38 |
| July 2025 | 39 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 7 |
| October 2025 | 12 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 12 |
| January 2026 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 27 |
| March 2026 | 11 |
| April 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 32 |
| June 2026 | 12 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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835. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to expand funding streams for activities for adults in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37502/25]
362. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 25 June 2025, the reason a technical amendment is required to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 to provide HIQA with the power to carry out an independent review of a defined type of serious patient safety incident in a nursing home; the means by which she intends to bring forward t…
205. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under 65 who have transitioned out of nursing homes since 2021; the number in the same cohort who have entered nursing homes in that same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36248/25]
225. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of people in nursing homes living with early onset Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36249/25]
226. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of people under 65 currently occupying hospital beds while awaiting placement in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36250/25]
847. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacant beds at a nursing home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36110/25]
51. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on latest developments with regard to the planned new 95 en suite bed residential care centre in Thomastown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34438/25]
72. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to end the disparity in funding between private and public nursing homes and thus protect the viability of all private and voluntary nursing homes (details supplied).
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92. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to increase investment in public nursing homes and improve regulation of the nursing home sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34747/25]
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]
181. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) can be transferred from their present nursing home to another location. [34574/25]
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]
802. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds the HSE held in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33929/25]
803. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded medical emergency nursing home beds the HSE held in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33930/25]
903. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents referred to An Garda Síochána by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, by incident type and by registered provider for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34399/25]
904. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes for each year 2015-2025; the action taken in each case; the time-lapse between receipt of disclosure and action taken in each case; the number which resulted in a referral to the Gardaí; and the number which resulted in prosecution, in tabular…
905. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of compliance notices issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, for each nursing home, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34401/25]
906. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of closure notices issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, for each nursing home, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34402/25]
907. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times restrictions were applied on the admission of new residents to nursing homes by the Health Information and Quality Authority, for each nursing home, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34403/25]
908. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions brought by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, broken down by the relevant charges being prosecuted and the sections of Acts to which these relate, for each year 2015-2025, in tabular form. [34404/25]
920. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health to ensure statutory staff patient ratios are put in place and enforced at private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34529/25]