Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Ceist:326 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of occasions since 1997 on which the cost of an overnight stay for a public patient in a hospital was increased; the dates on which these increases took place; the level of increase in each case; the current charge for an overnight stay in hospital for a public patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10964/03]