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Thursday, 9 March 2023

Department of Health

Departmental Properties

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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349. To ask the Minister for Health total number of vacant, disused or decommissioned properties owned by the HSE or Department of Health which potentially could be used for accommodation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12206/23]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has engaged with the Department of Housing and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) over the course of 2022 and this year in relation to the sourcing of properties which may be suitable for use in providing accommodation.

As part of this engagement, the Department of Health has provided to DCEDIY and Department of Housing a comprehensive overview of those properties currently owned by the HSE and surplus to health service requirements which may potentially be suitable for the provision of accommodation. Some 300 properties were identified in the overview and details of these properties were provided to DCEDIY and Department of Housing in 2022.

The Department of Health and the HSE continue to engage with Department of Housing and DCEDIY and other stakeholders in respect of the whole-of government response to the sourcing of properties which may be used to provide accommodation.

In addition to the comprehensive list of properties, the HSE have also seconded a key member of their estate accommodation team to the Interdepartmental Ukrainian Refugee Accommodation response.

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