Results 781-800 of 1,163,169 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Pat Deering OR speaker:Cian O'Callaghan OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Chris Andrews OR speaker:Simon Coveney OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Chris Andrews6 OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Pauline Tully OR speaker:Thomas Pringle OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Colm Brophy OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh6 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh29 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh20 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh14 OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn OR speaker:Gerald Nash OR speaker:Seán Crowe) in 'Committee meetings'
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: I acknowledge that.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am very much loath to give a figure because there may be pharmacists who would perhaps have agreed to go below that figure and who would then say that because I have said X, that is where they will go to. Just as it is now for private patients, it is a matter for pharmacists themselves to decide. I fully understand the Deputy's questions because I asked exactly the same ones as we were...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: I accept that.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As I said, the two overarching priorities for me were to get this in place quickly, and this is why we are shoehorning this into this Bill-----
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: I accept that.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----and I wanted it to be available to everybody.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “PART 2 PROVISION OF MENOPAUSE PRODUCTS FOR CERTAIN WOMEN Definition (Part 2) 2. In this Part, “Act of 1970” means the Health Act 1970.”.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 47A of Act of 1970 3. Section 47A of the Act of 1970 is amended by the substitution of “62A, 67E or 67F” for “62A or 67E”.”.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No.4: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Menopause products for certain women 4. The Act of 1970 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 67E: “67F. (1) Subject to subsection (3), and sections 20 and 23 of the Act of 2013, the Health Service Executive shall make available for supply without charge...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Amendment of Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 5. The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 is amended— (a) in section 20— (i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “section 59, 62A, 67E or 67F” for “section 59, 62A...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No.6: In page 3, to delete line 12 and substitute the following: “6. In this Part, “Act of 1994” means the Health Insurance Act 1994.”.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Section 1 agreed to.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
NEW SECTION
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 3, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Section 7F of Principal Act 2. Section 7F is amended in section 4A by the deletion of paragraph (c) and the insertion of: “(c) In respect of each of the following applicable 3 year periods— (i) the 3 year period from 1 January 2023 to the end of 2025, and (ii) the...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. We have probably discussed this aspect on a few occasions in the context of this Bill. The 6% rate was a recommendation from the Health Insurance Authority. A report was done and a range recommended between 5.5% and 8.6%. The 6%, therefore, is right down at the lower end of the range. The Deputy's question is a very fair one, why not bring it down further. The report...