John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of October 2020; and the total number to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34304/20]

John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in each public and voluntary hospital owing to delayed discharges to date in 2020, in tabular form. [34305/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 260 together.

As the Deputy's specific questions refer to the numbers of patients with delayed transfers of care and the associated numbers of bed days lost, I have asked the HSE to respond directly with the requested information.