Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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339. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) will be approved under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20715/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE operates the Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) which allows public patients to be referred to another EU/EEA Member State for treatment, in their public healthcare system, that is not available in Ireland, subject to qualifying criteria. A patient's Irish based consultant is responsible for referring the patient abroad under the terms of the TAS, after having exhausted all treatment options including tertiary care within Ireland. The treatment must be among the benefits provided for by Irish legislation. The HSE provides further information for patients on the TAS on its website.

The HSE TAS office require a completed application in order to determine if treatment abroad under the TAS will be approved. The patient should contact the HSE TAS office for advice on making an application for treatment abroad under the TAS. They can be contacted in writing at HSE TAS Office, St Canices, Laken, Dublin Road, Kilkenny, R95 P231 or by phone on 056 778 4551. Information is also available on the HSE's TAS website.