Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 September 2022
559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes which opened in the State in each of the past ten years; and the total number which closed in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [44677/22]
View answerThe Health Information and Quality is responsible for the monitoring, inspection and registration of designated centres for older people, such as nursing homes, in Ireland. The Authority has advised the Department that its system of recording changed in 2017. Therefore, the system can only provide consistent information in relation the Deputy’s query from 2018. The data, set out in the table below, reflect the number that are closed as of 30 August 2022.
|
Year |
New Nursing Homes |
Nursing Home Closures |
|
2018 |
12 |
10 |
|
2019 |
10 |
6 |
|
2020 |
11 |
23 |
|
2021 |
3 |
9 |
|
2022 |
4 |
6 |
The Authority has further advised that the numbers recorded in 2020 reflect the repurposing of HSE centres during the beginning of the pandemic.
