John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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1218. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision to establish a cap of €130 on reimbursements to persons availing of the cross-border directive EU 2011/24 for outpatient diagnostic procedures; if the cap of €130 is a breach of the directive; if all diagnostic procedures carried out by the HSE or commissioned by the HSE from private providers are priced at €130 for accounting purposes only; if a ready reckoner will be established by the HSE similar to the one used by consultants to assist persons in establishing the HSE costs for procedures carried out under the EU directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27392/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.