Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a charge of €150 is outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of a recent visit to a hospital for the person's child on foot of a general practitioner referral; if such a charge is applicable pursuant to the free general practitioner care for children under six scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21531/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013, S.I. No. 45/2013, the €100 charge made for out-patient services provided at an emergency department or similar location shall not be payable by a person who has a letter of referral from a registered medical practitioner. However, a person who has been referred to a hospital for an in-patient service, including that provided on a day case basis, will have to pay the statutory daily charge of €80 (from January 2017, previously €75) as provided for by the Health (In-Patient Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

With the GP Visit Card for under 6's a child will get free GP visits, assessments at age 2 and 5 and care for children with asthma. The GP Visit Card for children under 6 does not cover the cost of medications prescribed by a GP or hospital charges.