Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not get that. Will Mr. Dempsey go through it again? An Irish citizen must pay accident and emergency charges but the man I met does not have to do so. I understood the point he was making to be that he was entitled to free medical care in England because the National Health Service does not charge at the point of entry. Having moved to Ireland, he was entitled to the same level of service in Ireland under the EU cross-border directive - I will return to that - as he would be entitled to in England. Rather than paying for health services here and claiming back his costs, as people are required to do under the cross-border directive, the UK authorities pay the Irish authorities.