AQW 2335/22-27

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 29/06/2022
Answered On Date: 05/07/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how many asylum seekers have been eligible to access general practice services in Northern Ireland in the last year.

Answer:

A person who is not ordinarily resident is a visitor and access to healthcare in Northern Ireland is provided under the Health and Personal Social Services Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the Regulations”).

The Regulations provide that some categories of visitor are exempt from charge. The categories of visitor that are exempt from charge include asylum seekers therefore all asylum seekers are entitled to access publicly funded healthcare in Northern Ireland.