Health Minister Under Pressure To Address Hospital Car Parking

It comes after an Offaly woman raised the issue on Midlands 103.

The Health Minister is facing calls to intervene against hospital parking charges for long-term patients.

It comes after an Offaly woman raised the issue on Midlands 103, stating her and her husband, both of whom suffer with cancer, spent over 80 euro during one trip to St James Hospital - between parking, fuel and tolls.

Birr woman Deirdre Ferman cried the whole way home from Dublin when her disability badge was refused and she was forced to pay for parking.

She highlighted the financial burden of having cancer on the Midlands Today show:

Independent Laois Offaly TD Carol Nolan raised the issue in the Dáil, and has asked the Minister for Health to step in:

In response, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has given assurances he'll investigate the matter at St. James Hospital:

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