Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 November 2015, the locations of the 135 hospital beds which were closed for refurbishment or for infection-control purposes during 2015 to date, where the 91 re-opened beds are located, if hospitals will be allocated additional staffing resources to manage patient care in these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44500/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As of October 2015, total of 154 hospital beds were closed for refurbishment or for infection control purposes. 91 of these beds had reopened by 30th November and the HSE has confirmed that a total of 111 beds have been reopened by 4th Dec 2015. Further detail on the location of these beds is provided in the following table:

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 November 2015, the locations of the 301 beds which are due to be added to support the acute hospital system over the winter period, the progress that has been made across the locations noted as being identified, including Limerick, Drogheda, Galway and north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44501/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Additional funding of €16.9m (€8.9m revenue and €8m capital) was provided in July to support acute hospitals over the winter period. This ‘winter capacity’ funding is being applied to a range of initiatives including additional bed capacity. In preparation for the 2015/16 winter period, hospital groups have provided comprehensive winter resilience plans to the HSE, outlining how they will implement an integrated approach across primary, community, social and acute services to manage winter pressures. This approach is intended both to avoid unnecessary admissions to acute hospitals and to expedite discharges from hospital efficiently.

The HSE has provided details of the location of the 301 winter capacity beds and number of beds open to date as set out in the following table: