Hospital Admissions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023

Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Questions (757)

Jim O'Callaghan

Question:

757. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in each owing to delayed discharges to date in 2023 for each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [54529/23]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. 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.