Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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844. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments and the €75 per day charge for inpatient care in tabular form. [18019/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In 2019, €30 million was raised through the statutory inpatient charge in the Acute Hospitals, with a further €21 million raised through the outpatient charge. Therefore, it would cost approximately €51 million to abolish these charges.