Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 September 2007

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage

 

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Voluntary Health Insurance Act 1957, the Health Insurance Act 1994, the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996, the Health Insurance Amendment) Act 2001, to confer additional functions on the Voluntary Health Insurance Board, with a view to better enabling the board to apply for the grant to it of an authorisation to carry on the business of non-life insurance, to empower the board to form and establish or acquire subsidiaries to perform certain functions of the board, to specify the borrowing powers of the board and such subsidiaries, and to provide for related matters.

11:00 am

Photo of Donie CassidyDonie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)
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I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Question put and agreed to.

Photo of Donie CassidyDonie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)
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I propose that we break until 11.30 a.m. Based on the length of yesterday's Order of Business, I estimated we would not be ready to receive the Minister until 11.30 a.m.

Sitting suspended at 11.15 a.m. and resumed at 11.30 a.m.