Mr. Damien McCallion:

In response to parliamentary questions, we would have previously provided Deputies with a list of services. Some services have been developed on a cross-Border basis between both Governments and both Departments relating to, for example, the cardiac PCI service, which allows people with emergency cardiac arrest from Donegal to be treated in Altnagelvin Hospital and we know that saves lives. Mr. Guckian mentioned the cancer services and there are others. Some are very niche and specific. Paediatric cardiac surgery is undertaken in Crumlin on a joint basis. Those are outside our scope, but I am certainly happy to provide a list of them. We have provided it recently through the HSE to Deputies to illustrate the services available on that basis. Those are policy driven.

Through CAWT projects, services are delivered within the jurisdictions by the partners, but we are working together to allow that to happen. That is where the learning and traction come from in terms of those ideas. There are two categories - those that are directly provided and those where we are supporting it. There is also the wider framework that was mentioned earlier, such as the treatment purchase fund or its equivalent in Northern Ireland which allows patients to move between the jurisdictions.