Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1268. To ask the Minister for Health how many private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; how many nursing homes have opened and closed in each of the past five years; how many nursing homes places are needed in the State now and for each of the next seven years; the average cost of a nursing home bed in the public and private sector; how many former nursing homes have become accommodation for asylum seekers; and the projected number for the next three years. [28259/23]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Health Information and Quality Authority's older people's services inspection team is legally responsible for the monitoring, inspection and registration of designated centres for older people, such as nursing homes, in Ireland. Details in relation to the number of nursing homes and beds registered beds between 2019 and 8 June 2023 and the number of homes that have opened and closed during the same period has been collated by HIQA. I will arrange to have this information forwarded to the Deputy in the coming days.

The 2018 Health Capacity Review set out a recommendation for an increase in both long-stay and short-stay residential care beds for older people to meet growing demographic need and taking account of reforms. The review identified the need to increase the quantum from 30,000 community beds in 2016 to 41,900 to 43,000 beds (lower and upper range) by 2031.

The gross weekly average cost of public and private beds since 2018 is set out in tabular format below.

Source: NHSS Performance Reports December each year

The legislation relating to Government procurement of accommodation for refugees is a matter for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.