James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 12, line 46, to delete "person." and substitute the following:

"person,

where that information is held by the health insurance business in respect of insured persons.".

We discussed this issue on Committee Stage. We are seeking to take the onus off the insurance company to obtain PPS numbers. I accept the law has changed and that from now on they will have those numbers. However, there is retrospection involved here. The Bill places an additional onus on insurance companies to chase people for their PPS numbers.

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