Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

That is the public inpatient charge, which is for a maximum ten days per year at €100 per night. That charge is going up slightly - in the context of what the HSE receives from it - because fewer people are using their private insurance. This is a result of the campaign by the private insurers. While it does not compensate in any way for the loss of income to do with the private insurance, it is going up slightly.