The Minister for Health is looking at scrapping the charges for inpatients at public hospitals.
Admitted patients without a medical card or health insurance currently pay a bill of 80 euro per day.
There is a current annual cap on the charge of €800 a year.
There have been previous calls on Government from charities and organisations as such to eliminate the charge.
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Minister Stephen Donnelly agrees with the idea of the abolition of charges for those who are poorly as he says it's an added strain.
The Minister is bringing a memo to Cabinet this morning, and he hopes they would be in place by April.
