Deliver the first inpatient mother and baby mental health unit

What this means

• The Irish Government has committed to building Ireland's first inpatient mother and baby mental health unit for women with severe perinatal mental illness.[source]
• This commitment was made on 23 January 2025 as part of the Programme for Government and sits under the Department of Health.[source]
• Minister Mary Butler is the officeholder responsible for delivering this commitment.[source]
• The unit would provide specialist inpatient care that does not currently exist in Ireland, meaning mothers with serious mental illness currently lack this dedicated support.[source]
• No delivery date has been set, so the public and oversight bodies should watch for updates on timelines and progress from the Department of Health.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of HealthBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Mary ButlerOfficeholder

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 mary-butler
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health2-hop via mary-butler
  Department of the TaoiseachBody
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-health
  Formulation and oversight of health policyMandate
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister for Health2-hop via dept-health
  Jennifer Carroll MacNeillOfficeholder
• 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
  Add 4,000-4,500 inpatient hospital bedsCommitment
• 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