Written answers
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Department of Health
Health Services
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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272. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) and correspondence relating to same will be reviewed and advice provided in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17872/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Under EU Regulations, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) certifies that the holder has the right to receive emergency healthcare during a temporary stay in any EU/EEA country, Switzerland or the UK. The European Health Insurance Card holder has the right to receive necessary public healthcare on the same basis and at the same cost as a resident of the Member State they are visiting. Necessary healthcare is healthcare which is deemed clinically necessary to allow the patient to continue their visit or be well enough to travel home. Patients who have to pay while on a temporary visit because they do not have their EHIC with them or because the healthcare providers charge the patient by mistake for the public healthcare they receive, may apply to the HSE on their return for reimbursement of the charge applied less any co-payment which a resident of the Member State visited is liable for.
As this is a service matter, I have also asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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273. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied) and correspondence relating to same and provide advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17873/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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274. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to acquire the vacant former health centre building in Passage West; and if she will provide an update on the proposal/request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17876/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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“As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.”
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