Richard Boyd Barrett
Ceist:764. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing accident and emergency and hospital overnight charges. [27486/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 27 September 2016
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Freagraí scríofa
The Health Amendment Act 2013 governs the area of Statutory In-patient Charges and Emergency Department fees. The current Statutory In-patient Charge (SIC) for public patients for overnight and day in-patient services is €75 per day up to a maximum of €750 in one year. With regard to Emergency Department (ED) fees, a standard fee of €100 is charged for attendance at the ED of a public hospital.
The following table which was provided by the HSE, outlines the income received by the HSE for Emergency Department Charges and In-patient charges as reported in the HSE annual Financial Statements for 2015 which will inform the Deputy on the sums generated by patient charges:
|
- |
Emergency Department Charges 2015 € |
In-patient Charges 2015 € |
|
Statutory Acute Hospitals |
9.82 m |
11.55 m |
|
Statutory Non-Acute |
0.03 m |
6.21 m |
|
Total |
9.85 m * |
17.77 m * |
*The above table does not include income received by voluntary hospitals or any other voluntary in-patient setting for these charges.