Economics

  • Health Act 1947

  • Extension of free hospital services

  • Health Act 1953

  • Voluntary Health Insurance Act 1957

  • Irish Economic Growth

  • Joined OECD

  • The Health Act 1970

  • New Private hospitals

  • Joined European Union

  • Establishment of Regional hospitals

  • Universal eligibility for private insurance

  • Universal entitlement for public hospitals

  • Recession

  • Universal entitlement of consultant treatment

  • Economic and Fiscal crisis of 2008-2013

  • Development of acute stroke services, HSE

  • IMF & ECB Bailouts

  • HSE Stroke Clinical care programme

  • Sláintecare