Nursing Homes

895. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if staff in private nursing homes are entitled to the recent section 39 pay deal. [32599/25]

904. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if HIQA gives advance notice to nursing homes and residential care centres prior to a visit and inspection.. [32631/25]

925. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether therapeutic supports have been offered to residents of nursing-homes whose neglect and mistreatment were featured on a programme (details supplied) of 4 June 2015. [32735/25]

941. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has paused publication of stage-3 nursing home inspection reports; if so, the legal basis for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/25]

494. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has the ability to prosecute entities under its remit who act outside of regulations in a nursing home setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31343/25]

541. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the sanctions, penalties, suspensions, termination of contract, etc. that are in place, if any, to safeguard the general public and residents when a private nursing home company failed miserably to implement a decision by HIQA to cease taking in new residents when serious concerns were raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

567. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the inspection regime undertaken by HIQA in respect of both public and private nursing homes is adequate to ensure proper standards are maintained at all times in the best interests of all patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31724/25]

568. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will give further consideration to the need to provide additional support for nursing home care, particularly for smaller-scale nursing home providers, in view of the challenges facing them to remain viable due to various increased costs over the past number of years and also taking into account the important role smaller-scale nursing…

381. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when safeguarding regulation for nursing homes will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31244/25]

383. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health how the situation arose where the nursing home in Portlaoise owned by a provider (details supplied) was in breach of a restriction on admissions imposed by HIQA that came into effect on 22 April 2025 continued to take in residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31246/25]

384. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the expected time it will take for the review into all nursing homes owned by a company (details supplied); the person or body that will be doing that review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31247/25]

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]

1427. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 28 May 2025 in CHO9. [29609/25]

383. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure a fair deal applicant (details supplied) can receive long-term care in a location that best caters to their needs and ensures cohesion with their family. [27855/25]

391. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a patient (details supplied) who is in need of an urgent bed in a nursing home in Ennis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27970/25]

142. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will detail, on a LHO area basis, the HIQA-accredited private nursing homes for older people, in tabular form. [26087/25]

846. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 1 May 2025, when a reply will issue (details supplied). [25716/25]

877. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she would detail the public nursing homes available for older people in each LHO area, in tabular form. [25900/25]

224. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24824/25]

173. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there are over 300 beds nationwide in the private sector for older person services out of use due to delays caused by the Health Information Quality Authority and the knock on impact this is having on discharges from acute hospitals, particularly Bantry General Hospital and Cork University Hospital. [24122/25]

1015. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the national treatment purchase fund review of the nursing home pricing system, given that the programme for Government commits to doing so in early 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23285/25]

1119. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the current situation whereby vulnerable elderly sick people in need of nursing home care, either short- or long-term, are being placed in nursing homes miles away from their families and friends (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23980/25]

1132. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to ensure that the fair deal scheme does not impede succession planning in particular the succession of agricultural land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24071/25]

408. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health if any review has been carried out on the fair deal scheme, its effectiveness in providing care to the elderly and infirm, the assessed value for money of the scheme and any gaps in the scheme, such as where it affects the future or current care needs of another individual in the family, that she plans to address; and if she will make a statemen…

441. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in county Clare in 2022, 2023, 2024; broken down by HSE provided, HSE funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004, and privately provided, in tabular form.’ [22171/25]