Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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256. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in the number of spaces available in intensive care units since 1 January 2020. [22725/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In early 2020, baseline permanent adult critical care capacity in Ireland was reported by the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) to be 255 beds. Funding for a further 40 adult critical care beds, and two paediatric critical care beds, was provided as part of the response to Covid-19 in March 2020.

Surge ICU capacity supports the provision of critical care as required. Daily situational reports published by the HSE during recent months have reported potential critical care beds including surge as in the region of 430, with the number open on any given day subject to fluctuation in respect of available staff.