Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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372. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the €10 charge on medical card holders for X-rays in public hospitals; the rules regarding charging medical card holders that require X-rays as outpatients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38813/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The only outpatient charge that applies in public hospitals is the €100 Emergency Department charge, for which medical cardholders are exempt. Therefore it should be noted that there is no legal basis for levying a any charge for planned public outpatient services, this applies to all persons who access these services in the public hospital system.

If the Deputy wishes to contact the Department with full details of this issue, I will request the HSE to investigate and revert back to the Deputy.