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Dáil

Written answer

Home Care Packages

Summary

The Minister of State referred the request for hospital-specific delayed-discharge figures, including waiting times, to the HSE for a direct response.

1288. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been clinically discharged from hospital but remain awaiting discharge due to the unavailability of home support or home care services, by hospital, at the latest available date; and the average length of delay in each hospital and the longest delay recorded in each hospital. [64962/26]

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Kieran O'Donnell Minister of State at the Department of Health Fine Gael

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

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