The Mater Misericordiae Hospital is an acute, public, voluntary, teaching hospital and a tertiary referral centre. The Mater provides a 24hr "on-call" accident and emergency service to the north Dublin inner city and county area. Currently, over 60,000 people attend A&E annually and 123,500 people attend the hospital as outpatients. The hospital currently has 546 beds including day beds and it employs approximately 2000 people. By virtue of its regional and national status, the Mater Hospital treats patients, not only from its immediate catchment area, but also from all parts of Ireland. It is a national centre for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and Spinal Injuries, and a regional centre for Opthamology, Dermatology, Gynaecology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery, Endocrinology and Vascular Surgery.



The current plans to extend and provide new state-of-the-art facilities for the Mater Hospital include the following:

• new ITU/HDU Complex
• new Radiology Department
• new Theatre Complex
• new Accident & Emergency Department
• new Outpatient Department
• new Public Concourse
• new Ward Block
• refurbishment & new build to some of the Service Areas