S.I. No. 382/2015 - Health Act 1970 (Section 59(4)) Regulations 2015.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Act 1970 (Section 59(4)) Regulations 2015.

2. Persons in receipt of services provided under a scheme administered by the Department of Justice and Equality and known as direct provision are specified as a class of persons who shall not be charged the amount referred to in subsection (1A) (inserted by

section 1

(

a

) of the

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010

(No. 20 of 2010)) of

section 59

of the

Health Act 1970

(No. 1 of 1970) in respect of all items supplied to persons of that class.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

1 September 2015.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 September 2015.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide that asylum seekers living in direct provision will be exempt from the application of the prescription charge payable by persons with full eligibility.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

11

th September

, 2015.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Health, being of the opinion that not to charge the amount referred to in subsection (1A) (inserted by

section 1

(

a

) of the

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010

(No. 20 of 2010)) of

section 59

of the

Health Act 1970

(No. 1 of 1970) to persons of the class specified in Regulation 2 is just and equitable, having formed such opinion in accordance with paragraph (

c

) (and, in particular, subparagraph (v) of that paragraph) of subsection (4) (amended by

section 1

(

c

) of the

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010

) of the said section 59, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (4)(

a

)(ii) of that section, and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations