Average health insurance plan up 8% since start of 2025

The average premium in the third quarter was €1,886, up €56 from the previous quarter due to price increases from several insurers 

There were 334 inpatient plans available to consumers at the end of the three-month period from September to November, with 18 new plans introduced and 22 plans retired so far in 2025.

The Irish health insurance market continues to grow with 2.54m now availing of it, new figures from Health Insurance Authority (HIA) has found. 

Publishing its market bulletin for the third quarter of this year, the authority found that 13,166 more people now have private health insurance. This compares to growth of just 4,130 in the second three-month period of this year.