Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of beds in public nursing homes that are closed or currently unavailable; the number of beds in public nursing homes for each year since 1997; the number of patients in public nursing homes each year since 1997; the number of nurses in public nursing homes for each year since 1997; the number of new public nursing homes opened since 1997; the annual capital expenditure on public nursing homes since 1997; the number of private nursing homes to which the State pays subvention opened or registered with health authorities since 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1104/07]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to provide the information requested by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.