Replacement for Cross-Border Directive will see 'cataract bus' resume when restrictions lift 

Independent TD Michael Collins (centre) was reacting to the news that a new scheme has been introduced to replace the EU Cross Border Directive (CBD). File photo: Larry Cummins

New arrangements have been introduced to ensure people who are facing long surgical waiting lists here can continue travelling to Northern Ireland to access certain healthcare treatments post-Brexit.

But a TD who has organised buses for thousands of people to Belfast for cataract surgery said the terms of the new deal must be extended beyond December.