Upgrades to nursing and residential homes are facing serious delays, new information has found

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Older People Mary Butler TD discovered data revealing over 30% of projects announced in 2016 have missed their completion date.

These projects were announced to help bring the developments up to HIQA standards.

Of 85 projects, some 27 of them have missed the completion date pledged by the government in 2016, and only 24 are operational or complete. A further 34 were promised for delivery in 2020 and 2021, with 25 in 'detail design'.

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Deputy Butler has hit out at the government over falling "well short" of targets.

"Just before the last General Election, the government announced with great fanfare what they termed unprecedented investment in public nursing homes. Three and a half years after that announcement and, unsurprisingly, the delivery has fallen well short of what was promised," she said.

"Once again we see with this government that big promises are made but delivery is always behind the curve. These upgraded, refurbished and new facilities are urgently needed so that they can comply with HIQA standards."

(CM/MH)