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- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I was giving the Minister some leeway but there is no more leeway. The Minister has time to address the amendments. There is no time limit but we are not addressing the amendments and we are setting a precedent for other Members.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We do not want to do that.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: It has already been done. I gave some leniency but it would be helpful-----
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: The point is well made.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Thank you. In section 1, amendment No. 1 is a consequential amendment to the preliminary and general part of the Bill, required as a result of amendments inserting the hormone replacement therapy provisions. Amendment No. 2 inserts a new Part 2 into the Bill, to provide for free hormone replacement therapy products related to menopause for certain women. It also provides a drafting...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Instruction to Committee (23 Oct 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Financial Resolution (23 Oct 2024)
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Financial Resolution (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move: THAT section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) be amended to provide for the specified rate of stamp duty in respect of an insured person in respect of relevant contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1st January, 2025, and on or before 31st March, 2025, and on or after 1st April, 2025, in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Financial Resolution (23 Oct 2024)
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
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- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, and 8 to 11, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERALShort title, collective citations, construction and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024. (2) The Health Acts 1947 to 2022 and Part 2 (other than section 5) may be cited...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Instruction to Committee (23 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Never let it be said, but I am happy to support this positive development. It is an important step forward for women's healthcare. Making products that help alleviate the symptoms of menopause, such as HRT, free to women is a very welcome development. It points in the direction we want to go, which is that all healthcare should be free for all who need it. I refer not only to women's...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Instruction to Committee (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: I warmly welcome the Government's proactive approach to this issue because it is something I have dealt with in my work in recent years. One thing I was very grateful for were the specialist clinics for treatment of complex cases. Unfortunately, the law of averages pertains to all issues in life, and the whole issue of menopause can have varying degrees of complex cases. I acknowledge the...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Instruction to Committee (23 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: I will absolutely support these amendments. This is something for which we have collectively called for some time. I will make a broader point that there have been very significant developments over the past number of years in supporting women in menopause, including the establishment of menopause clinics. A whole range of other measures were put in place. The Minister outlined other...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Instruction to Committee (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome this motion to allow for amendments outside the scope of the original health insurance Bill. The amendments brought forward by the Minister will, if passed, provide the statutory basis for free HRT, as we have been told. It is true to say that for too long women's healthcare has been sidelined but, thankfully, that is changing. There are still numerous examples of...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They sure are.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----to make things better and they are succeeding. That does not suit everybody. There are some people in this Chamber who want the public to believe we live in a failed state and that everything in healthcare is terrible. Everything in healthcare is not terrible. Things are getting better every year and every month. Are there parts of our healthcare service that do not work for...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: Cataracts.