Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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368. To ask the Minister for Health when terms will be offered for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the overseas treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6288/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) Office has advised that until a fully completed application form including a copy of referral letter from Irish based public hospital consultant is received it will not be in a position to issue a decision on this case. Full details of the scheme and application process are available on the HSE website or by phone from 056 7784059.

Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.