A nationwide increase in the performance of C-sections since 2011 has been recorded.
The number of labours being induced has also risen since the same period of time.
The data was collected and published by Bump2Babe: The Consumer Guide to Maternity Services in Ireland and the Irish Childbirth Trust, Cuidiú.
The figures show in some areas of the country, there has been a significant rise for first-time mums having C-sections.
However, the extent of increases very much varies depending on the hospital.
In St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, the data showed the highest rate of C-sections for first-time mums at 44.5 percent in 2017.
In the same year, the lowest rates of C-sections for first-time mums was in Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, at 28.6 percent.
Cork University Maternity hospital induced almost half of first-time mums, whilst first-time mums in St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, had the smallest record of inductions, at just 25.4 percent.
Almost two-fifths of mothers received C-sections last year in St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, and inductions in Cork University Maternity for all mums was recorded at 35.8 percent.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report that:
"Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections to be between 10 percent and 15 percent."
