Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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853. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments; and the estimated cost of abolishing the €75 day charge for inpatient care. [25436/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In 2017, €27 million was raised through the statutory inpatient charge, and a further €17m was raised through the outpatient charge in the Acute Hospitals.

Therefore, it would cost approximately €44 million to abolish these charges.