The percentage of patients leaving early in the Dublin and Midlands Region stands at 7.4% so far this year.
Tens of thousands of people are leaving emergency department's before being discharged, according to new figures.
Data released to Social Democrats TD Padraig Rice shows over 70,000 people left an Emergency Department without finishing their treatment in the first seven months of this year.
In the Dublin and Midlands Region, St James's Hospital was the worst preforming facility to date this year.
Just under 40,000 people attended the emergency department from January to July, with 6,600 people opting to leave early.
That stands at 17.1% , the highest figure recorded nationally.
In Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, 1,800 people left early, or 5.6% of all ED patients.
That figure stands at just under 1,400 in Mullingar with 4.7% leaving early.
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise had 1,209 leaving before being discharged, a rate of 4.2%
Nationally, an average of 7% of people left emergency departments early, with the figure at 7.4% in the Dublin and Midlands Region.
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