Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. The survey is quite clear. The survey from Nursing Homes Ireland of 147 nursing homes has said they had 740 beds vacant and they were prepared to take people. Another 63 nursing homes had 117 beds vacant and they were not prepared to take people because they did not have staffing. The survey is quite clear that 740 beds were vacant.

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