Commitment
Hire 3,500 additional nurses and midwives
What this means
- Aontú is a political party that put forward this commitment in its November 2024 general election manifesto.[source][source]
- The party promised to hire 3,500 additional nurses and midwives by the end of the decade to tackle staffing shortages in the health service.[source]
- This is a promise only, not yet acted on. It was stated on 21 November 2024 and no delivery date within the decade was specified.[source]
- The commitment falls under health policy and is aimed at improving frontline care capacity across Irish hospitals and health facilities.[source]
- For accountability purposes, voters and watchdogs can track whether Aontú pursues this target if the party gains influence in government.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partyAontúParty
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuPaul LawlessOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuPeadar TóibínOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuSarah O'ReillyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuSarah O'ReillyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuJim CoddOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuEmer TóibínOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuDave BoyneOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuPaul LawlessOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuSarah BeasleyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuEllen TroyOfficeholder
Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.
Relationship map
One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
Aontú committed to employing 3,500 additional nurses and midwives by the end of the decade to address health service staffing shortages.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Health
- Owning party
- Aontú
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-21
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Aontú General Election Manifesto 2024 - Our Common SenseAontú·Retrieved 2026-05-21medium
- Key points from Aontú election manifestoRTÉ·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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