Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 June 2023
272. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will seek the details on the total number of registered nursing homes in Ireland in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the details of the total number of residents registered over the same years. [28944/23]
View answerThe Health Information and Quality Authority's older people's services inspection team is legally responsible for the monitoring, inspection and registration of designated centres for older people, such as nursing homes, in Ireland. Details in relation to the number of nursing homes registered between 2019 and 8 June 2023 are set out in the table below.
|
Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
08/06/2023 |
|
Number of nursing homes |
585 |
573 |
567 |
557 |
553 |
HIQA does not collate details on the number of residents, however the number of registered beds, which is the number of residents if all beds were occupied is set out below for the same period.
|
Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
08/06/2023 |
|
Number of registered beds |
31,986 |
32,901 |
31,842 |
31,674 |
31,888 |
