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‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation Cross-border health directive after Brexit
Summary
Deputy Collins sought reassurance that the cross-border healthcare directive would continue after Brexit for Irish patients using Northern services. The Tánaiste said cross-border co-operation under the Good Friday Agreement was expected to continue through Brexit.
With considerable confusion over Brexit and the ever-growing possibility of a hard Brexit looming over us, where does the cross-border directive stand? Up to 3,000 people from the Republic of Ireland will go to Northern Ireland for urgent operations such as cataract, knee and hip surgery this year. Can the Tánaiste assure us that the cross-border directive will work after next March?
