The privately-owned Beacon Hospital in Dublin has signed up to treat public patients under the safety net 'surge capacity' agreement with the Health Service Executive.
The Beacon had been the only private hospital not to sign up to the deal, which sees the private hospital system agreeing to provide up to 30% of its capacity to the HSE.
In a statement, it said the agreement will enable the hospital to "continue to do the significant, complex, public work that is already underway in the hospital, however this work will now be done under the terms of the new arrangement".
Michael Cullen, CEO of the Beacon Hospital said: "Following a period of positive engagement with the HSE we are pleased to confirm that we have agreed to sign a new surge