Cork TD claims Taoiseach 'laughed' at 'cataract bus' query 

Fears cataract procedures for patients from the Republic in the North will end post-Brexit  'no laughing matter'

Cork TD Micheal Collins said: 'People can't be going blind in that time and if they do, it's on Taoiseach Micheál Martin's watch.' Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Cork TD Michael Collins said the Taoiseach "laughed" and "smirked" as he queried the continuation of cataract procedures in the North post Brexit.

From January 2021, the EU Cross Border initiative that facilitates patients from the Republic receiving treatments in the North will come to an end. The Government is working on legislation to allow some procedures, such as cancer treatment and heart surgeries, to continue across the border.