Dessie Ellis
Question:37. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and long-term care beds that have been excluded since 2006 to show only acute beds in the 2015 and 2016 figures; the factors that determine the reason an inpatient bed in 2006 is no longer available in 2015 and 2016; if the physical infrastructure still exists for these beds; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/16]
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