Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2023
693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will reconsider issuing European health insurance cards to Irish citizens who are resident in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the EU and the UK provides for a continuation of healthcare rights when on a temporary stay in a State covered by the Agreement. Under the agreement a person’s competent State will issue them with ‘an entitlement document’, in the case of the UK a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), to allow them to access these healthcare rights.
The State which issues the relevant GHIC\EHIC is the State in which a person makes their social security contribution or receives a social security contributory payment. The equivalent of EHIC rights will be maintained under the Agreement for persons resident in Northern Ireland.
