Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 69131-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the percentage of the cost of gender-affirming surgeries funded by the HSE under the treatment abroad scheme. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the total cost of gender-affirming surgeries funded by the HSE under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2025; the average and median contribution paid by the State per procedure; the average and median co-payment borne by patients in the host country; the countries in which the surgeries took place; and the methodology used by the HSE to calculate the State contribution in each case.
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