Written answers
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Department of Health and Children
Hospital Accommodation
9:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds general, medical or surgical available here in each year from 1991 to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15700/06]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The number of acute hospital beds, both inpatient and day beds, is set out in the following table. A medical-surgical breakdown of beds is not available.
| HSE Network Hospitals Number of Beds Available 1991-2005 | |||
| Year | Inpatient | Day | Total |
| 1991 | 11,301 | 368 | 11,669 |
| 1992 | 11,362 | 456 | 11,818 |
| 1993 | 11,035 | 514 | 11,549 |
| 1994 | 11,104 | 521 | 11,625 |
| 1995 | 11,243 | 535 | 11,778 |
| 1996 | 11,208 | 581 | 11,789 |
| 1997 | 11,119 | 609 | 11,728 |
| 1998 | 11,047 | 636 | 11,683 |
| 1999 | 11,056 | 673 | 11,730 |
| 2000 | 11,187 | 719 | 11,906 |
| 2001 | 11,373 | 771 | 12,144 |
| 2002 | 11,687 | 811 | 12,498 |
| 2003 | 11,806 | 908 | 12,714 |
| 2004 | 11,887 | 1,132 | 13,019 |
| 2005 | 12,030 | 1,221 | 13,251 |
| Notes: | |||
| (i)Figures for 1991 and 1992 refer to "bed complement" at 31 December whereas figures from 1993 onwards refer to the average number of beds available for use over the year taking beds that were temporarily closed or opened into account. | |||
| (ii)Figures for 2005 are provisional. | |||
| (iii)Any discrepancy in totals is due to rounding. | |||
| Source: Integrated Management Returns, IMRs, Department of Health and Children. |
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