AQW 13278/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 25/01/2021
Answered On Date: 07/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 12342/17-22, whether her Department is aware of any role for the Republic of Ireland Government in reimbursing healthcare costs incurred in (i) the European Union; and, (ii) Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.

Answer:

Under EU reciprocal healthcare arrangements (Reg (EC) No. 883/2004) and the EU Withdrawal Agreement, the Republic of Ireland continues to be responsible for the healthcare costs of those citizens for which the Republic of Ireland is deemed to be their competent state.