Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 October 2013
416. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason a public patient (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was charged the €75 bed levy despite their surgery being cancelled after admittance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43259/13]
View answerThe public in-patient 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 these charges.
I have referred the individual case raised by the Deputy to the Health Service Executive for investigation and direct reply to the Deputy.
