Health Services

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Questions (771, 854, 855)

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

771. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she can confirm that no analysis is undertaken to establish whether equivalent procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme could be sourced at lower cost in an alternative eligible jurisdiction prior to approval; whether she considers the absence of any cost-comparison mechanism across jurisdictions to represent a gap in value-for-money oversight of public funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48928/26]

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Ken O'Flynn

Question:

854. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 966 of 19 May 2026, the specific audit, consistency-review, or peer-review mechanism that apply to individual treatment abroad scheme eligibility determinations, and if no such mechanism exists, to confirm this directly (details supplied). [49296/26]

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Ken O'Flynn

Question:

855. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 984 of 19 May 2026, to confirm whether any internal audit, financial review, or governance assessment has in fact examined variations in treatment abroad scheme reimbursement costs between jurisdictions for comparable procedures (details supplied); and if no such examination has taken place, to confirm this directly. [49297/26]

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Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 771, 854 and 855 together.

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