The Labour Relations Commission is chairing talks between management at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and nursing unions this afternoon.
The issue has been before the LRC last November, when it was agreed that more beds would be opened.
The commitment led to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation deferring industrial action at Our Lady of Lourdes.
The INMO now says 24 additional beds have been promised at the Drogheda hospital, but have not been delivered.
Yesterday, the hospital saw the highest level of overcrowding in the country, with 40 patients on trolleys in the ED, 10 on trolleys in wards and a further 13 in the medical assessment unit.
The IMNO says the emergency department in the hospital is one of the most overcrowded in the country, with some elderly patients spending 4 or 5 days on trolleys.
Industrial Relations Officer with the INMO, Tony Fitzpatrick, says today's talks must agree actions which will make the emergency department safe:
