Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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440. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's (details supplied) procedures can be covered by the treatment abroad scheme when the procedure is not available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4402/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE operates the Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA Member State or Switzerland under EU Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations (EC) No. 987/2009, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines.

As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.