168 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive west intends to close a nursing home (detail supplied) in County Galway as a residential facility notwithstanding the unanimous motions adopted by both Galway City Council and the Regional Health Forum West to keep it open; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 13,000 persons have signed a petition calling on him and the HSE to keep this home open, that the Health Information and Quality Authority confirmed among other findings that HIQA inspectors were satisfied that residents’ nursing, medical and other health care needs were met and that the primary difficulty was lack of sufficient staff as well as the absence of sufficient ensuite facilities, that the refurbishment costs are estimated at €200,000, that the most recent report to the health forum from University Hospital Galway indicates that 33 acute beds in UHG are currently occupied by vulnerable elderly patients who should be in nursing homes; if he will confirm that he will inquire into the situation as a matter of urgency and further confirm that the HSE west will not close the facility in view of the urgent need for nursing home beds in Galway. [26658/11]

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168 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive west intends to close a nursing home (detail supplied) in County Galway as a residential facility notwithstanding the unanimous motions adopted by both Galway City Council and the Regional Health Forum West to keep it open; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 13,000 persons have signed a petition calling on him and the HSE to keep this home open, that the Health Information and Quality Authority confirmed among other findings that HIQA inspectors were satisfied that residents’ nursing, medical and other health care needs were met and that the primary difficulty was lack of sufficient staff as well as the absence of sufficient ensuite facilities, that the refurbishment costs are estimated at €200,000, that the most recent report to the health forum from University Hospital Galway indicates that 33 acute beds in UHG are currently occupied by vulnerable elderly patients who should be in nursing homes; if he will confirm that he will inquire into the situation as a matter of urgency and further confirm that the HSE west will not close the facility in view of the urgent need for nursing home beds in Galway. [26658/11]

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