Contact info
You can contact the National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) team at npirs@hrb.ie
The National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) gathers data on patient admissions to, and discharges from, psychiatric hospitals and units throughout Ireland.
Data are collected from all approved centres on the Register of Approved Centres under the Mental Health Act 2001. The data collected have been reported annually since 1965 and play a central role in the planning of service delivery, informing policy and practice.
Key messages from the HRB’s National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) for 2024
View: 2024 NPIRS Infographic PDF
View: 2024 NPIRS AIPUH Annual Report
View: 2024 NPIRS Data tables, HSE Health Regions infographics
The NPIRS Publications page includes our most recent/current annual reports, bulletins, tables, CHO bulletins and peer review papers using the NPIRS data. NPIRS also publishes a Census every four years.
About the National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS)
NPIRS Interactive tables containing data for each year are available to view and download. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) hosts the tables on behalf of the HRB, this allows the user access to readily available data from the database from over the last number of years.
Data on acute inpatient adult activity is updated quarterly.
You can contact the National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) team at npirs@hrb.ie