Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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423. To ask the Minister for Health the source of a recent HSE statement that there are 150 palliative care support beds in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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424. To ask the Minister for Health the annual number of persons in south County Tipperary who require end of life care in a hospital environment; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25289/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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425. To ask the Minister for Health he number of palliative care support beds that a population such as south County Tipperary should have based on best practice and the policy of the HSE and his Department; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25290/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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426. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of the existing palliative care support beds in south County Tipperary excluding Waterford or Dungarvan; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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427. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the two palliative care support beds in Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25292/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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428. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of care to palliative care in-patients is to be given by homecare teams in future; if this is considered best practice; if so, the source of the practice being defined as best practice policy by the HSE and or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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429. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether two palliative care support beds will be sufficient to meet the needs of patients in south County Tipperary in ten years’ time; if not, the areas from which the additional beds will be sourced from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25294/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 to 429, inclusive, together.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.