Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)

That is an upsetting account that the Deputy has had to give about a constituent who has been paying their private healthcare for years and was then told that pembro is not covered. The Health Insurance Act regulations require insurers to require a minimum level of cover to every insured person. Beyond that, in terms of what specific issues are covered or not, that is set out in the agreements entered into between the individual and the healthcare insurer or provider. It is certainly the case that people should look closely. If Laya Healthcare is precluding cover for this, and other entities are providing cover, that is something that should be publicised.

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