Patients will no longer have to worry about coughing up €80 to get seen in a hospital Emergency Department - or for other inpatient appointments - from next month.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will head into Tuesday morning’s Cabinet meeting with the backing of all three Government parties, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens to abolish the fees after it was agreed in principle before the Budget.
It will cost the Exchequer €32million in a full calendar year, which, relatively speaking, is very little compared to the HSE’s massive annual budget of over €20billion.
