Written answers
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Department of Health
Hospital Charges
Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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508. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Mater Hospital and possibly others are passing on uncollected debts within a very short space of time to debt collection agencies who are writing to vulnerable citizens in a very threatening way, threatening the sheriff and other tactics which is causing huge stress; his views on whether such behaviour is appropriate. [11584/14]
Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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516. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid by each of the Dublin hospitals to debt collection agencies in relation to outstanding hospital charges for each of the past five years; the stage at which an outstanding debt was passed on to debt collection agencies; and his views on whether such a practice is appropriate. [11628/14]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 508 and 516 together.
In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to her directly.
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