Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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871. To ask the Minister for Health the fully absorbed cost of running a hospital bed per day and per annum. [18046/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The average daily running cost of a hospital bed includes clinical staffing, theatres, laboratories, non-clinical staffing and cleaning, maintenance and other running costs. The cost includes critical care and ward beds but they are not separately identifiable. The fully absorbed cost, includes treatment and care costs (such as diagnostics and theatres) as well as the running costs such as heating, lighting and servicing equipment, but excludes capital and depreciation. In addition, this figure does not include other associated hospital costs such as day-case, outpatient and emergency department costs.

In relation to the Deputy's specific question on the estimated cost of acute hospital beds, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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872. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated savings if the full economic cost for the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of private medical practice were paid for by private insurance operators. [18047/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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873. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated savings if all private patients in public hospitals were charged in full for services provided rather than being charged a maintenance or per diem charge. [18048/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.