If you are a public patient in a public hospital under the care of a consultant for treatment and you remain overnight, you are receiving overnight in-patient services.
From 1 January 2017, the statutory charge for overnight and day in-patient services is €80 per day up to a maximum of €800 in any 12 consecutive months. The charge does not apply to the following groups:
- Medical card holders
- People receiving treatment for prescribed infectious diseases
- Children up to 6 weeks of age
- Children with the following diseases and disabilities: "mental handicap, mental illness, phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, hydrocephalus, haemophilia and cerebral palsy"
- Children referred for treatment from child health clinics and school board examinations
- People who are entitled to hospital services because of EU Regulations
- Women receiving maternity services