453. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is in critical need of orthopaedic surgery, who has been on a waiting list for surgery since February 2014, who suffers from chronic continuous pain, and who has no possibility of returning to work prior to surgery, will be able to access treatment in another eurozone country, in terms of European Union (Application of Patients Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2014; the way applicants can access their entitlements under Statutory Instrument No. 203, as amended by Statutory Instrument No. 65 of 2015; if the person, in this case, requires prior authorisation as per the conditions laid out in section12 of the Statutory Instrument No. 203 of 2014; if so, the application process, both as a general rule, and with specific application to the case in point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24884/15]

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453. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is in critical need of orthopaedic surgery, who has been on a waiting list for surgery since February 2014, who suffers from chronic continuous pain, and who has no possibility of returning to work prior to surgery, will be able to access treatment in another eurozone country, in terms of European Union (Application of Patients Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2014; the way applicants can access their entitlements under Statutory Instrument No. 203, as amended by Statutory Instrument No. 65 of 2015; if the person, in this case, requires prior authorisation as per the conditions laid out in section12 of the Statutory Instrument No. 203 of 2014; if so, the application process, both as a general rule, and with specific application to the case in point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24884/15]

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