Persons ordinarily resident in Ireland
Planned Treatment Abroad:
Planned treatment abroad is accessed through the HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme (E112/S2) or the HSE Cross Border Directive Scheme.
Necessary Treatment Abroad:
A person's EHIC allows access in this circumstance
Persons no longer ordinarily resident in Ireland (people attached to the Irish Social Security System but living in another EU country)
Where a person is resident in another EU/EEA* member state but remains an insured person in Ireland (e.g. continuing to pay social security in Ireland) they may be entitled to healthcare abroad. (E106/S1, E121/S1).
Details of these forms are available through the HSE Overseas Section Phone: 01 6201816.
The Treatment Abroad Scheme, the EHIC and the Cross Border Directive are specific to the provision of healthcare in the EU/EEA*
*Switzerland have yet to complete the process to have the Directive apply to them.
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