Hospital Charges

806. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing emergency department charges for public patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51329/26]

809. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue from all parking charges at public hospitals in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51332/26]

323. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of income raised by each HSE and section 38 acute hospital through private practice-related income in each year 2021 to 2025; and the level of private practice activity in each hospital in each year, in tabular form. [38433/26]

2937. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of persons that attended the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital that were liable to the €100 fee in the years of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24891/26]

2969. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the HSE charges their employees, including all health care staff, for parking; the cost per day/per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25022/26]

3266. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated via public car-parking charges at CHI Crumlin in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [26654/26]

1020. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives, holds, or reviews data relating to the total annual revenue generated from car parking charges at Cork University Hospital; and if so, to provide the figures available to her Department for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9344/26]

1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has issued any policy guidance, circulars, or directions to the HSE regarding the permitted or intended use of revenue generated from hospital car parking charges; and if so, to outline the expenditure categories to which such revenue may be applied, including maintenance, staffing, capital works, or payments to third-pa…

1022. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance, reporting, and oversight arrangements in place, by which her Department assures itself that revenue generated from hospital car parking charges is properly accounted for, audited, and used in accordance with public financial procedures; and to outline the specific mechanisms by which such assurance is obtained in respect of Cor…

1023. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the current status of the Programme for Government commitments relating to hospital car parking charges, including daily caps and flexible or reduced-rate parking arrangements; to specify which commitments have been implemented to date; which remain outstanding; the reasons for any delay; and the expected timeline for delivery of ou…

1024. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken, commissioned, or relied upon any assessment, review, or analysis of the impact of hospital car parking charges on patients and families attending large regional hospitals with extensive catchment areas, including Cork University Hospital; and if so, to provide details of such assessments and their finding…

1025. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the process by which her Department reviews, updates, or revises its standard responses to parliamentary questions on hospital car parking policy; and to state whether any substantive policy or administrative changes have occurred since January 2024 that would warrant updated guidance or revised responses; and if she will make a sta…

1076. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abolition of parking fee charges in hospitals. [9674/26]

1077. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in parking fees to each of the Cork hospitals in 2024 and 2025 respectively, in tabular form. [9676/26]

417. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to reduce hospital car parking charges, as per the Programme for Government; when patients and their families can expect reduced hospital car parking charges; and if she plans to abolish hospital car parking charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7047/26]

989. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of vehicles that were clamped in the public carpark of Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5746/26]

1036. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if consideration can be given to abolishing parking charges for cancer patients (details supplied). [5921/26]

319. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount collected by all public hospitals in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the amount collected by contracted companies to run and manage car parking facilities at each hospital for the same time period. [4801/26]

320. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the car parking fees charged at each public hospital, in tabular form. [4802/26]

937. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients that presented at the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital that were liable to the €100 fee in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [3736/26]

979. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated via car parking fees at St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny in 2023, 2024, 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4020/26]

980. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated via car parking fees at University Hospital Waterford in 2023, 2024, 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/26]

2532. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total revenue generated from parking charges at public hospitals in each of the past five years; for the breakdown, per hospital; the way in which this revenue is allocated; and whether any portion is ring-fenced for patient services or accessibility improvements, in tabular form. [2336/26]

2533. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the financial impact of hospital parking charges on patients undergoing long-term or frequent treatment, including cancer patients and parents of children with chronic illnesses. [2337/26]

2534. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether hospital parking costs have been identified as a barrier to appointment attendance; if any data exists on missed or delayed appointments linked to parking affordability; and if she will outline any measures planned to address this issue. [2338/26]