PQ's on Homelessness 2019

March

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 9 October 2018, for which no reply was received from the HSE, the number of homeless beds for persons leaving hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

PQ 13654-19 (No. of beds for homeless hospital discharges) final jd.pdf (size 107.6 KB)

May

To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism to ensure that the referral system by which a general practitioner is required to write to request a hospital appointment for a patient will function effectively for persons of no fixed abode; if an analysis has been carried out on the extent of the difficulties of communicating appointments to patients of no fixed abode and on possible solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

PQ 19983-19 (referral system for persons of no fixed abode).pdf (size 123.7 KB)

June

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free female hygiene products to all women in homeless shelters 

PQ 27245-19 (Cost of hygine products in homeless shelters) final jd.pdf (size 152.6 KB)

July

To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users admitted to homeless emergency accommodation hostels or facilities during the first six months of 2019 whose health needs were assessed within two weeks of admission 

PQ 30596- 19 (Homeless health needs assessment) final jd.pdf (size 159.6 KB)

December

To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users admitted to homeless emergency accommodation hostels and facilities to date in 2019 whose health needs were assessed within two weeks of admission

PQ 52349-19 (Homeless health needs assessment) final jd.pdf (size 156.1 KB)