Question from Deputy Liam Quaide - PQ 34762-26

To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home residents who were admitted to an emergency department within seven, 14 and 30 days of being issued with a discharge notice, notice to terminate their contract of care, or equivalent notice in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such admissions that were due to an acute medical event, a fall, behavioural or psychological distress, absence of an alternative placement, or other recorded reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter.