‘Tax on sick’ as some hospitals charge cancer patients €3.20 an hour in parking fees, charity warns

Averil Power, CEO of the Irish Cancer Society. Photo: Andres Poveda

Eilish O'Regan

​Vulnerable cancer patients are being hit with excessive car-parking fees in several hospitals which are still not ­offering a discount, it emerged yesterday.

The Irish Cancer Society in its pre-Budget submission said cancer patients in some parts of the country have free parking and other hospitals offer concessions – but many are being hit with charges of €3.20 an hour or more.