Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

This is a technical amendment. Many Members raised the issue of having multinational companies here and having people who have health insurance products that might be deemed to be illegal, as it were, in this country, or that they would not be covered or would be exempted by the legislation. I believe this change clarifies the matter. We wanted to ensure their arrangements were not caught by our regulatory regime of risk equalisation. This amendment seems to meet the concerns highlighted in the previous debate. I am glad this is now addressed in the legislation and it seems very satisfactory. These, as it were, cash contracts will not be affected. Does it effectively mean inpatient charges cannot be covered under any circumstances if they have these contracts as appears to be the case?