Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 70421-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the financial impact on the health service arising from delayed transfers of care caused by housing shortages. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 70421-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out any assessment of the financial impact on the health service arising from delayed transfers of care caused by housing shortages; and the estimated cost of acute and step-down bed days occupied by persons awaiting suitable housing in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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