Nursing Homes

2939. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of nurse to nursing home residents in a nursing home. [42650/25]

2940. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the legal minimum staffing ratio of health care assistants to nursing home resident in a nursing home. [42651/25]

2941. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of nurses working in nursing homes. [42652/25]

2942. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average annual rate of staff turnover of health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42653/25]

2943. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average rate of pay for health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42654/25]

2944. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of service for health care assistants working in nursing homes. [42655/25]

2945. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average staff vacancy rate in nursing homes. [42656/25]

2956. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2025 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area; and the length of time waiting, in tabular form. [42680/25]

3284. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications received in Cork this year, the average processing time, and the number approved. [44293/25]

3285. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of approved fair deal applications activated in Cork in 2025. [44307/25]

486. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of individuals under 65 years of age residing in nursing homes; the total number of under 65-year-old individuals who were placed in a nursing home in 2024; the number who were transitioned out of nursing homes in 2024; and the average time to process a person's transition to a residential setti…

262. Deputy Pa Daly 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 of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [39969/25]

859. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with alzheimers within CHO2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38711/25]

905. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if wheelchairs will be provided to nursing home residents where needed, as the current situation is that people can access a wheelchair while living in the community but cannot access one once they are a resident in a nursing home; the steps that can be taken to procure a wheelchair for a nursing home resident; and if she will make a statement …

977. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the fact that the same HIQA inspectors inspect the same nursing homes year-after-year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39513/25]

331. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to outline the process for family members to obtain medical records of a private nursing home resident following their death; if private nursing homes can be compelled to release these records if they refuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38369/25]

373. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address and change the legislation regarding how the fair deal scheme is assessed for families who genuinely cannot afford the payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38527/25]

752. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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. [37939/25]

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]

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 intend…

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]