Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013
1086. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to change the way it processes medical treatment for children on medical cards who also have school insurance in order that costs of treatment can be covered at source rather than claimed back by the patient. [34742/13]
View answerThe A&E charge which is currently €100 is provided for by the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013.
The public inpatient charge (€75 per day subject to a maximum of €750 in any period of 12 consecutive months) is provided for by the Health (In-Patient Charges) Regulations 1987 (as amended), made under Section 53 of the Health Act 1970 (as amended).
Under the regulations, medical card holders are exempted from each of these charges.
