Harris expects update 'very shortly' on claim HSE is halving reimbursement for cataract op

Michael Collins (right) speaking with passenger Don Payne on the Belfast or Blind bus. The service was set up by Deputy Collins and Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae in December 2017. Picture: David Creedon

The Taoiseach has said he expects an update "very shortly" from the HSE on claims by a Cork TD that the HSE is to slash the reimbursement to people who go north for cataract treatment in half.

Simon Harris told the Dáil he asked the HSE for an update last week when Michael Collins said he had been told the HSE was to cut the reimbursements for the operations, under a cross-border scheme, from €1,950 to €811.