Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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2062. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the supports available to Irish patients who undergo surgery abroad under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive and return with serious complications, in particular where surgical error is involved; if she will outline the entitlements such patients have for aftercare, corrective surgery, or clinical support; and if she will consider the introduction of a formal aftercare policy for patients returning from approved cross-border procedures. [44531/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Under the terms of the EU Cross Border Directive (CBD), where a patient has received healthcare abroad, in another EU/EEA country under the provisions of the CBD, and medical follow-up proves necessary the home country (in this case Ireland) is obliged to provide the patient with the same follow-up treatment it would have provided had the treatment taken place on its territory.

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.