Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 36019-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the value for money assessment process under the treatment abroad scheme. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme operates any formal value-for-money assessment process prior to approving exceptionally high-cost procedures abroad; and if so, the methodology used.
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