Add 4,000-4,500 inpatient hospital beds

What this means

• This is a government commitment to add between 4,000 and 4,500 new or refurbished inpatient hospital beds across the Irish acute hospital system.[source]
• The commitment was set out in the Programme for Government published on 23 January 2025 and is currently listed as in progress.[source]
• The Department of Health, led by Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, is responsible for delivering this commitment.[source]
• No specific deadline for delivery has been set, which makes it harder for the public to hold the government to account on timing.[source]
• Increasing hospital bed capacity matters because it affects waiting times and access to care for patients across Ireland.[source]

Direct impact (3)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of HealthBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Jennifer Carroll MacNeillOfficeholder
• implements mandate
  Formulation and oversight of health policyMandate

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by body → sets rule for2-hop via dept-health
  Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and ReformBody
• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via jennifer-carroll-macneill
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Health2-hop via dept-health
  Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-health
  Open the new National Children's HospitalCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-health
  Open at least 100 additional ICU bedsCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-health
  Deliver four new elective hospitalsCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-health
  Meet Sláintecare waiting-time targetsCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-health
  Deliver the first inpatient mother and baby mental health unitCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-health
  Establish targeted mental health supports for autistic childrenCommitment
• delivery owned by officeholder → member of party2-hop via jennifer-carroll-macneill
  Fine GaelParty