Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all publicly run nursing homes and units; the number of beds in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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At the end of November 2011 the HSE indicated that there were 121 public long stay residential care units in operation across the country providing 8,098 residential care beds (this includes temporarily closed beds). Of these, 6,036 were designated long-stay beds under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS). The balance, 2,062 provide short-term care, i.e. rehabilitation, respite, convalescent and palliative care. A summary of the long stay public bed stock at November 2011 is set out below.

The HSE is currently carrying out a review of all its long stay public residential units and I have asked the Executive to provide the Deputy with an updated list of each of the Public Units with bed numbers by region.