Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 November 2017
159. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on waiving emergency department charges for persons in need of post-exposure prophylaxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48340/17]
View answerThe Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013, S.I. No. 45 of 2013, set the charge made for services provided at an Emergency Department. There are a number of exemptions to the charge, including where a person attends his or her GP and is referred to the ED, where attendance results in admission as an in-patient or where services are made available in respect of a prescribed disease or disability to children under 16 years of age. The Regulations provide that the charge shall only made in respect of the first occasion the service is provided in relation to each episode of care. The full list of exemptions from the ED charge, is set out in Regulation (3) of the S.I. No. 45 of 2013. Currently the ED charge is set at €100.
