To ask the Minister of Health to detail how many children's cardiac surgery procedures have taken place in Dublin since the cross-border arrangements were introduced in October 2014; and what annual budget is allocated to pay for these procedures.

Belfast Trust operates a service level agreement for the provision of emergency surgical treatment and follow up procedures in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin. Under these arrangements 25 procedures have taken place since October 2014. Costs of these procedures vary depending on their nature and length of patient stay, and are fully funded on a cost per case basis from the Health and Social Care Board’s overall budget allocation.