There were 15,578 admissions to adult psychiatric units and hospitals in 2024, a decrease of 53 admissions, from 15,631 in 2023. The rate of admissions decreased slightly, from 303.6 per 100,000 population in 2023 to 302.5 in 2024.

• As in 2023, first admissions accounted for 37% of all admissions in 2024. There was a 2% decrease in the number of first admissions, from 5,838 in 2023 to 5,706 in 2024.
• The rate of first admissions decreased from 113.4 per 100,000 in 2023 to 110.8 in 2024.
• Re-admissions accounted for 63% of all admissions (9,872), a rate of 191.7 per 100,000, up slightly from 190.2 in 2023.

p.8 There were 345 admissions with no fixed abode in 2024, an increase from 302 in 2023 and 291 in 2022.

Forty-one per cent of all admissions with no fixed abode had a primary admission diagnosis of schizophrenia, 10% had a diagnosis of other drug disorders, 9% had a diagnosis of depressive disorders and 7% had a diagnosis of bipolar disorders. Almost 35% of all admissions with no fixed abode were involuntary.

p.10 Sligo had the highest rate of all admissions for alcohol-related disorders, at 34.2 per 100,000, followed by Roscommon, at 21.3, Carlow, at 21.0, and Leitrim, at 19.9.

Longford had the lowest rate of all admissions for alcohol-related disorders, at 4.3 per 100,000.

p.12 Fifty-three per cent of all discharges for behavioural and emotional disorders of childhood and adolescence, 45% of discharges for development disorders, 45% of discharges for personality and behavioural disorders and a further 45% with other drug disorders occurred within one week of admission. In contrast, smaller proportions of discharges with organic mental disorders (19%), schizophrenia (20%) and eating disorders (almost 15%) occurred within one week of admission.

These tables have ICD diagnostic group - including option for alcoholic disorders and other drug disorder:

• HRA04 Hospital admissions - type of admission and legal status 
• HRA05 Hospital admission - type of admission and sex 
• HRA07 Child and Adolescent In-Patient Admissions - type of admission and sex
• HRA09 Child and Adolescent In-Patient Admissions - type of admission and legal status
• HRA31 Hospital admissions - type of admission and county (alcoholic disorders only)
• HRA35 Analysis of hospital discharges and in-patient days - by year
• HRA36 Hospital discharges (including Deaths) - HSE resgion and year 
• HRA04 Hospital admissions - type of admission and type of hospital
• HRA79 Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospital Census