Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 December 2025
291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the formal governance arrangements in place between her Department, the HSE, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for addressing delayed transfers of care linked to housing shortages, including reporting channels, escalation processes, and scheduled interdepartmental reviews. [70415/25]
View answerThe UEC Plan 2025-2026 sets out the governance and reporting structure responsible for the monitoring and implementation of the operational plan. One of the 4 pillars of this plan is that Delayed Transfer of Care (DTOC) numbers do not exceed 300 daily.
UEC KPI Performance Monitoring Progress on UEC activity and performance will be reported according to the agreed schedule as follows:
• Daily UEC situational analysis reports to the UEC Oversight Group and the DoH, covering acute ED demand, and general acute and critical care bed demand and availability.
• Weekly PMO and monthly UEC reports providing updates on UEC Plan actions and comparisons of current activity and performance to previous weeks and years at both national and site levels
• The Monthly National Performance Report (NPR) and Regional Performance Reports (RPRs) providing updates on regional performance, including performance against regional UEC targets to the SLT, CEO, Board and Health Minister
• Quarterly Red, Amber, Green (RAG) reports submitted by the Health Regions to the National HSE UEC Oversight Group, providing status updates on the implementation of national priorities and 2025 operational actions
DTOCs related to housing, Category E, account for 7% of the national total according to the most recent Transfer of Care report form the HSE.
Officials from the DOH regularly attend Senior Official Group (SOG) meetings on housing in the Department of Housing. Officials have also attended the cross departmental workshop on housing and have provided DOH feedback on the National Housing Plan.
