Inclusion Ireland Update August 2011 - click here

Summary of Key Changes: HSE document - click here

Health Charges Amendment Regulations 2011 - click here

Health Charges - National Guidelines - click here

Section 38 Agencies - click here

In this section we provide information and resources on health charges, also known as long stay charges.

• HSE information page on charges

• HSE National Guidelines for levying charges

• HIQA National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with Disabilities

Inclusion Ireland Health Charges Seminar - November 2007

• Webpage

• Presentation from Seamus McNulty, HSE Asst National Director in PCCC with responsibility for Mental Health and Disabilities

• The view of Service Providers was outlined by Walter Freyne on behalf of the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies

HSE Financial Assessment Form

• Guide to Health Charges Inclusion Ireland has been contacted by many individuals and their families who have concerns about the ‘long stay’ or ‘health charges’ being applied to those who use residential services. This is an information note to address some of these concerns. Standard and easy to read versions are available below:

  Standard Guide            Easy to Read Guide

Dáil Debates and Parliamentary Questions on Capacity - Inclusion Ireland Website

Parents Outrage over Health Charges vented at  Inclusion Ireland Seminar 

Health Charges do not Promote Independent Living

People with an Intellectual Disability to pay 75% of Disability Allowance on Long Stay Charges

Charges for Residential Care to Rise by 28% on January 1st

Claim disabled are being ripped off over charges

Help sought from financial institutions

Intellectually Disabled to be 'left with €50'