There has been over 500 more reports this year compared to last in the CHO8 region, which covers the midlands.
There were almost half a million adverse incidents reported in the health service since 2018.
The figures were released to Aontu Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Toibin.
Adverse incidents can cover a wide range of events and would include slips, trips, falls, surgery on the wrong part of the body or wrong patient, wrong medication, and patient injury and death.
There were almost 484,000 adverse incidents recorded in the health service in the past five years.
The CHO8 region, which includes Laois, Offaly and Westmeath, reported 5,298 incidents last year, an increase of just over 500 on the year previous.
Since 2018, almost 14% of incidents required first aid.
Just over 10% of incidents required medical treatment.
While there were 3,142 deaths associated with an adverse event in the past five years.
Aontu leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín says he's shocked by the figures:
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