Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 23901-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about a dataset on expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: April 2026
Updated: May 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether her Department or the HSE maintains a consolidated dataset on expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme, including total annual spend, number of patients funded, and average cost per case; to specify whether such data is routinely reported to her Department; and to state whether there are plans to publish this information in a standardised and transparent format.
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