Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines
10:00 am
Mr. Greg Dempsey:
As I am not an expert, I will confirm what I tell the Deputy afterwards if that is okay. I will deal with the issues in reverse order. My understanding is that people from the EU, specifically people from the UK who are based here now, are entitled to the same level of public health care as an Irish citizen would be. The person the Deputy met probably meant that, albeit that he was from England, he was getting free care here. He may not have expected that but the reality is that he would get exactly the same as an Irish citizen and we would be reimbursed then from the UK. That is my understanding.
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