Nursing Homes
An official questions-paper heading. 319 questions (2 oral, 317 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Feb 2025 | 8 |
| Mar 2025 | 13 |
| Apr 2025 | 13 |
| May 2025 | 12 |
| Jun 2025 | 38 |
| Jul 2025 | 39 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 |
| Oct 2025 | 12 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 12 |
| Jan 2026 | 31 |
| Feb 2026 | 27 |
| Mar 2026 | 11 |
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| May 2026 | 32 |
| Jun 2026 | 12 |
| Jul 2026 | 13 |
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| Department | Questions |
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| Health | 306 |
| Children | 12 |
| Enterprise | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Nursing Homes |
| 2026-05-12 | Nursing Homes |
| 2026-04-15 | Nursing Homes |
| 2026-02-25 | Nursing Homes |
| 2026-01-22 | Nursing Homes |
| 2025-09-23 | Nursing Homes |
| 2025-07-15 | Nursing Homes |
| 2025-06-10 | Nursing Homes |
| 2025-03-05 | Nursing Homes |
The questions
Michael Cahill
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2059. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19038/25]
Holly Cairns
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2076. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds in County Cork from 2019 to date, by LHO; whether her attention has been drawn to the disproportionate impact such a decline has on older people in rural areas such as west Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19130/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2193. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a dementia bed in St. Columbanus Home, Killarney, County Kerry for a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19636/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2230. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if a brother-in-law of a person receiving long-term care in a nursing home can be named as a family successor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19814/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2320. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to approve the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20225/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2355. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and allow for the transfer of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20422/25]
Robert Troy
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2425. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure essential medication is supplied to a nursing home patient (details supplied) through either the enhanced medical card or the long-term treatment scheme. [20813/25]
Niamh Smyth
written
2025-04-29 · to Health
2441. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21013/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-04-08 · to Health
896. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of homes which are subject of a Fair Deal agreement. [16722/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-04-03 · to Health
307. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a determination on their fair deal application. [16382/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-04-03 · to Health
308. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their fair deal application. [16383/25]
Denise Mitchell
written
2025-04-02 · to Health
340. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied); if she is aware that this delay resulted in the expiration of the ten weeks of approved transitional care funding, resulting in this applicant’s family receiving a bill for over €12,000 in costs thus far; if the Minister will ensure this f…
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-04-02 · to Health
347. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will take action to expedite a fair deal application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16324/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-03-26 · to Health
226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new 50-bed community nursing home in Nenagh will open fully this October; and if not, when. [14242/25]
Jennifer Whitmore
written
2025-03-25 · to Health
671. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for people housed in social housing who are in need of a nursing home place and do not qualify for the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13931/25]
Jennifer Whitmore
written
2025-03-25 · to Health
672. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place for people who do not qualify for the fair deal scheme and have no public nursing home facilities in their locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13932/25]
Jennifer Whitmore
written
2025-03-25 · to Health
673. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing homes in Wicklow compared with private nursing homes; if any of the private nursing homes accept publicly funded residents who do not qualify for the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13933/25]
Mark Wall
written
2025-03-25 · to Health
757. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a facility closing in County Waterford (details supplied); the plans she has to keep the facility open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13726/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-03-19 · to Children
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]
John McGuinness
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1596. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to remove the anomaly whereby a first-time application for the fair deal scheme that is refused prevents the applicant from reapplying regardless of the fact their circumstances may have changed; if the application submitted relative to the care of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined and approved; and if …
Michael Cahill
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1721. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to arrange a transfer for a patient in a home in County Offaly to a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11752/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1763. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of where the additional €145.5 million in 2022 and €138.74 million was spent on costs related to fixed-unit costs and other costs incurred which were in excess of the reimbursed money follows the patient rate paid under the nursing homes support scheme, as per the HSE annual reports and financial statements 2023; and if she will m…
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
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]
John McGuinness
written
2025-03-19 · to Health
1891. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce regulations to control the flat-rate charges for special services being applied each week by nursing homes to those residents already approved for financial support from the HSE whether they avail of the services or not; if the charges being levied should be considered in the assessment by the HSE of the cost of nursi…
Alan Kelly
written
2025-03-04 · to Health
717. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE has acquired from private nursing homes from 1 January to 1 December 2024 and the cost associated with same, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9547/25]