Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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614. To ask the Minister for Health why Baggot Street hospital which is owned by the HSE and is left idle is not being used to house refugees. [53826/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6^thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question asked by the Deputy may be delayed in receiving a response directly from the HSE