Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who availed of the cross-border healthcare directive in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8781/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The EU Directive 2011/24/EU on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare aims to ensure EU citizens may access safe and good quality healthcare services across EU borders. I am advised by the HSE that sixteen people from Co. Louth accessed care abroad under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive in 2015.