Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
Question:816. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the savings that were targeted on each occasion that hospital charges for patients have been increased. [38131/15]
View answerTuesday, 3 November 2015
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The Health (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 31 of 2013) provided for the introduction of a revised private in-patient charge for all patients receiving private in-patient services. As a result of discussions between my Department and the private insurance industry during the Act's passage through the Oireachtas, in order to agree a phasing-in of the charges for all private in-patients, it was decided to implement the charges from 1 January 2014 at a rate calculated to raise an additional €30 million in hospital revenue in 2014.