Bill |
Purpose as per Legislative Programme |
Current Status/Expected Publication Date |
Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 |
To amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 to provide for a requirement for registered medical practitioners to have medical indemnity insurance except in certain circumstances and to give effect to Article 4(2)(d) of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare |
Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann |
Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill |
To provide universal GP services to all persons over 70 years of age |
During the Spring/Summer 2015 Session |
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill |
To amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, the Dental Act 1985, the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Pharmacy Act 2007 and the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 to provide for all health regulated professions other than doctors, to have indemnity, to provide for an appeal against minor sanctions and possible amendments arising from the Corbally judgement |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Health Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill |
To extend HIQA’s remit to include functions with regard to Medical Ionising Radiation Protection and on the setting and monitoring of standards for private/independent healthcare providers |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Health Reform Bill |
To put in place the new structures for the health service |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Health (Transport Support) Bill |
To provide for a scheme to make individual payments to people with severe disabilities who cannot access public transport as a contribution towards their transport costs |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Patient Safety Licensing Bill |
To provide for a mandatory system of licensing for public and private healthcare facilities |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Health Information Bill |
To provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health information and initiatives including data matching and health information resources for use in the health service |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Human Tissue Bill |
To meet the key recommendation of the Madden Report that no hospital post-mortem may be carried out and no tissue retained after post-mortem without consent. It will also address other matters relating to human tissue including consent arrangements for transplantation and research purposes |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (Amendment) Bill |
To provide for an amendment to the functions and membership of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
New Children’s Hospital Establishment Bill |
To establish a statutory body to provide paediatric acute services in Dublin at the new children’s hospital, taking over those services currently provided by Our Lady’s Hospital Crumlin, Temple Street and the paediatric service at Tallaght Hospital |
No indication as to when publication is expected |
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill |
To provide for minimum unit pricing for retailing of alcohol products, to regulate the marketing and advertising of alcohol, to regulate sports sponsorship, to provide for a structural separation of alcohol from other products and to provide for health labelling of alcohol products |
2015 |