Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have accessed care services in other jurisdictions and how Ireland compares with other participating states in overall patient numbers availing of treatment under the cross border health care directive, CBD, scheme since its inception, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE's National Contact Point (NCP) for Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare, known as the Cross border Healthcare Directive, has provided the following data on the accessing of healthcare services in other jurisdictions by Irish patients. Data comparing how Ireland compares to other participating States is not held.