Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received respiratory ECMO treatment outside of the State in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22501/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA Member State or Switzerland under EU Regulation 883/04, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulation 987/09, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Patients apply to the HSE TAS seeking access to public healthcare outside the State through model form E112. The application requires the patient's Irish-based public referring hospital consultant, following clinical assessment, to certify, among other things, that the treatment is medically necessary and will meet the patient’s needs. The treatment must not be available within the State or not available within a time normally necessary for obtaining it.

The HSE has been asked to further examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.