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🏥 Health: What Each Party Proposes
Universal Healthcare (Sláintecare)
Fully implement Sláintecare. Free GP care for all. 10% of health budget to mental health by 2030.
In Ireland there is no legal right to healthcare. People are deemed 'eligible' based on income or age, but eligibility does not confer any right to services. The Social Democrats …
Full detailHealth Service Evaluation and 5,000 Beds
Full health evaluation in Year 1. 5,000 inpatient beds by 2031. Recruit HSE-employed GPs.
Fine Gael promises a full health service evaluation in year one and 5,000 new inpatient beds by 2031 — but no commitment to completing Sláintecare.
Full detailAll-Ireland National Health System by 2035
All-Ireland NHS by 2035. Free prescriptions. Medical cards for incomes up to €45,000. 5,000 beds.
Sinn Féin's health plan is the most ambitious — a full public health system with free prescriptions, expanded medical cards, and 5,000 new hospital beds.
Full detailSláintecare Transition Fund
€1 billion Sláintecare fund. Free GP care for under-18s. 30,000 new health staff over 5 years.
Labour proposes a €1 billion Sláintecare Transition Fund from the Apple tax windfall — dedicated funding to actually implement the plan every party voted for.
€1 billion initial Full detailAll policy positions are sourced from parties' own published manifestos and policy documents. This is an independent citizen project. The author is a former member of the Social Democrats. This site is not endorsed by any political party.