Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 1420-26
Deputy Rice asked about identifying individuals with disabilities aged under 65 inappropriately living in nursing homes. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: January 2026
Updated: January 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 action A9.4 ( A9.4 reads: ‘Complete a mapping project to identify individuals with disabilities aged under 65 inappropriately living in nursing homes, and capture real-time data on their usage of and need for specialist disability services. Build capacity to deliver on programme for u65s inappropriately placed’); and to make the aggregated data on account scale publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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