Written answers

Tuesday, 25 April 2006

Department of Health and Children

Hospital Accommodation

9:00 pm

Photo of Dinny McGinleyDinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the mechanisms which are in place to ensure communication between her Department and the Central Statistics Office in order to map out forward-planning for bed allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14424/06]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The review of acute bed capacity carried out in 2001 utilised the most recent data available at that time from the Central Statistics Office on the demography of the population and projected population changes.

Following discussions between the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive, it is intended to carry out a further review of the acute hospital bed capacity requirement to 2020. This review will use the latest available data from the Central Statistics Office on population, demography and projections to determine the likely impact of projected demographic changes on our requirement for acute hospital beds by 2020.

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