Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-04
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Nicole Ryan (SF), Administrative Panel

I move amendment No. 1:
In page 3, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:
“Report on profits, rising costs, and potential impact of removal of private practice from public hospitals
3. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 33:
“Report on profits, rising costs, and potential impact of removal of private care from public hospitals
33A. (1) The Authority shall, before and by 31 July 2026, prepare and submit a report to the Minister for Health having—
(a) undertaken a review of—
(i) the current rates of profit health insurance providers,
(ii) the trend of profits of providers since 2019 to date, and
(iii) the rate of health inflation from 2019 to 2025 and the corresponding changes in the costs of health insurance,
and
(b) conducted an analysis of the potential impact of the removal of private practice from public hospitals on the cost of health insurance.
(2) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the receipt by them of a report under subsection (1), cause copies to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
(3) The Minister shall, on foot of this report, bring forward proposals for off-setting inasmuch as possible the rising costs for consumers against profits on the basis of the analysis conducted by the Authority.”.”.

Pat Casey (CC), Labour Panel

When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Maria Byrne (FG), Agricultural Panel

Now.

Pat Casey (CC), Labour Panel

Is that agreed? Agreed.

Pat Casey (CC), Labour Panel

When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Maria Byrne (FG), Agricultural Panel

Now.

Pat Casey (CC), Labour Panel

Is that agreed? Agreed.

Pat Casey (CC), Labour Panel

I welcome the students visiting Seanad Éireann today. I hope they are having a good experience anyway.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-04