Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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178. To ask the Minister for Health the payment policy for attending at accident and emergency departments; his plans to amend same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16941/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The A&E charge which is currently €100, is provided for by the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013. The charge applies to persons attending Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency Departments, Casualty Departments, Minor Injury Units, Urgent Care Centres, Local Injury Units or any other facility providing similar services, subject to exemptions set out in these regulations, including medical card holders and those who have a letter of referral from a registered medical practitioner.