Fiscal claim
5,000 new hospital beds by 2031
Headline figure
Per-year impact
€420m
Recurring annual spend
Total over horizon
€2.50bn
2025–2031
Confidence
Stated in source
5,000 beds × €500k all-in cost/bed (capital + running) ≈ €2.5bn cumulative; ~€420m/yr.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Owner
- Sinn Féin
- Policy area
- Health
- Underwrites commitment
- Deliver 5,000 new hospital beds by 2031
- Unit target
- 5,000 hospital beds
- First stated
- 2024-11-19
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
Verification
Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.
Verified against Sinn Féin GE2024 Manifesto - Am don Athrú, p.22: "we would deliver 5,000 new hospital beds by 2031."
Evidence & sources
Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.
Source
- Sinn Féin GE2024 ManifestoSinn Féin·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
- Sinn Féin GE2024 Manifesto - Am don Athrú, p.22 - verbatim figureSinn Féin·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
See this claim in coalition context on the fiscal model.