Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 985: To ask the Minister for Health the number of policy decisions taken to close hospital wards or decommission beds throughout the country in each of the past three years to date in 2012; the administrative level at which such decisions were taken in the Health Service Executive, his Department or at ministerial level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/12]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 987: To ask the Minister for Health the extent if any to which general hospitals bed accommodation in the public sector has fluctuated in the course of each of the past four years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1602/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 985 and 987 together. My Department has asked the HSE for the detailed information sought by the Deputy and I will be in further communication with him when it is to hand.