Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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128. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of treating persons who are sent to Britain by the HSE to access mental health services due to the fact that no suitable service exists here. [19191/18]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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129. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has spent treating persons who are sent to Britain by the HSE to access mental health services due to the fact that no suitable service exists here in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the number of persons sent to access such mental health services in Britain in each of these years. [19192/18]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.