James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, line 29, after “hospital” to insert “where a charge is payable under section 55 of the Health Act 1970 for such stay”.

Section 55 of the Health Act 1970 will come into effect from 1 January 2014. This amendment to the definition of "relevant amount" in the health insurance Acts clarifies that the hospital bed utilisation credit will also be payable in respect of health insurance policies affected on or after 31 March 2013, the day the charge was introduced, in respect of each overnight stay in a hospital bed where a charge is payable under section 55 of the Health Act 1970 in respect of a private patient in a public hospital bed.