Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I think the fact that the EIA and that patient voice have not been involved in the framework is an oversight.

Reference was made to the number of women who travel abroad. Do we know how many women do so? No. That information would help. The recovery time can be up to four weeks. We mentioned women having to travel abroad for health treatment. There is the stress that that puts on the family, the cost element and so on. There probably is funding available for people to travel north. I am not sure about Britain, but that is another thing we could possibly find out more information on.

The potential cost of staying in a hospital or staying in these countries must be astronomical. Have the witnesses any idea of the cost of that?