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Hospital Charges

63 questions from 20 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.

63
questions
63 written, 0 oral
20
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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MonthQuestions
January 20250
February 20254
March 20253
April 20251
May 20253
June 20250
July 20253
August 20250
September 20252
October 20256
November 20256
December 20254
January 202613
February 20268
March 20260
April 20263
May 20261
June 20260
July 20262
August 20260
September 20263
October 20261

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fianna Fáil12 from 7 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael1 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent2 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland14 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party4 from 2 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity5 from 1 TD · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin8 from 3 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

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  2. 5
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  5. 4
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  7. 3
  8. 3

Asked of

The questions

Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
870. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue that Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital received from private-in-patient and semi-private-in-patient charges in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [73393/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
828. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the recommendations of the 2018 review on hospital car parking charges; and which of these have been actioned since that time. [68823/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
829. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the timeline for delivery of the review on hospital car parking charges. [68820/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
831. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in public parking charges at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, to date in 2026. [68819/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
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]
David Cullinane Written 20 May 2026 · to Health
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]
Barry Heneghan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
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]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
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]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
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]
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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]
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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-party operators; and i…
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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 Cork University Hospita…
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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 outstanding commitment…
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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 findings; and if not, to st…
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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 statement on the matter…
Thomas Gould Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1076. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abolition of parking fee charges in hospitals. [9674/26]
Thomas Gould Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
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]
Marie Sherlock Written 29 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Pádraig Rice Written 21 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Pádraig Rice Written 21 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]