Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of concerns or complaints HIQA has received in the last year regarding restricted visiting in care homes. [6194/23]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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In the last 12 months, HIQA received 39 pieces of feedback about residential centres under the remit of the Chief Inspector that raised restricted visiting as a theme. Of these, 37 related to nursing homes and two related to a designated centre for people with a disability.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of concerns or complaints that were received by the HSE adult safeguarding teams in regards to nursing homes since March 2020, in tabular form; the number relating to public nursing homes, private nursing homes and people living in the community, and also a breakdown by county; and the number of private nursing homes that allowed or denied entrance to fully investigate the concerns or complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6195/23]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.