426. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if nursing-homes (details supplied) will be investigated by her Department. [33456/25]
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
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| January 2025 | 10 |
| February 2025 | 8 |
| 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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154. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will allow for payment of fair deal to a person (details supplied) as the family is very anxious that the person be placed in a Caherciveen hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32958/25]
734. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will prepare a dedicated nursing home care policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32772/25]
735. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the nursing home sector regarding their potential role in providing ‘rehabilitation services’, for example to support people transition from an acute hospital to their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32773/25]
748. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health whether it is possible for a brother-in-law of the person receiving long-term care in a nursing home to be named as a 'family successor”, in order to qualify for the three-year cap on family farms under the fair deal programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31835/25]
760. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds created by the State each year from 2020 to 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31853/25]
795. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for a 60-bed community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; if the commitment to build this new unit will still be upheld; the timeline she is working towards in delivering this new development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32025/25]
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. [31546/25]
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 homes play in the p…
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]