Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Select Committee on Health

Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)

2:00 am

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

That is of particular concern. I look every day at the hospital trolley figures. I am quite aware that in some hospitals, particularly across the west, delayed discharges of care are a key metric in that. For example, I was in Letterkenny on 1 May and there were 46 delayed discharges of care. More recently, it has come down to 34. There is a community nursing unit being built across the road which I think is a 100- or 110-bed unit. It will meet that need. These step-down facilities are essential in the community. We have a plan in our capital programme for refurbishment of many of those beds, which is essential, from HIQA. We will not be able to meet today's need, never mind tomorrow's need, without significant capital investment. We have a plan in our NDP review to do that and deliver that. There are programmes. There is another major community nursing home being built in Carrick-----

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