Nursing Homes
Dail Éireann — 2026-07-09
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Marie Sherlock (LAB), Dublin Central

My question relates to delayed transfers of care and nursing home capacity. I understand that yesterday marked the highest number of delayed transfers of care across our acute hospitals in the year to date, with 555 patients who should have been discharged and were not. This marks 86 continuous days of over 500 delayed transfers of care in our hospitals. For the first four months of this year, almost 50% of those waiting to leave hospital were waiting for a nursing home place. What is the response to this crisis?

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Sitting date: 2026-07-09