Committee Reports::Report - National Health Insurance Bill, 1933::22 June, 1933::Proceedings of the Joint Committee

IMEACHTA AN ROGHA-CHOISTE.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE.

Déardaoin, 22° Meitheamh, 1933.

Thursday, 22nd June, 1933.

1. Do chruinnigh an Rogha-Choiste ar 11 a.m.


2. I láthair: Mícheál O hAnnluain (i gCeannas), Sir Eadbhard Bigear, Caitlín Bean Uí Chléirigh, Seán O Cúnacháin, Séamas Dubhdal, Tomás O Fearain agus Sir Seán O Catháin.


Do bhí an t-Aire Rialtais Aitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí i láthair leis.


3. Do chrom an Rogha-Choiste ar an mBille do bhreithniú.


(i) Alt 1 go halt 7, go huile, aontuithe.


(ii) Alt nua.


Leasú tairgthe (Séamas Dubhdal):


Before section 8 to insert a new section as follows:—


“8. A qualified public auditor not occupying any official position shall be appointed and shall issue as soon as may be after the termination of each year accounts of revenue and expenditure, including in detail costs of administration, and a balance sheet.”


Leasú tairgthe siar.


(iii) Alt 8 go halt 21, go huile, aontuithe.


(iv) Alt 22.


Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):


Sub-section (1). After the word “employment” in line 12 to insert the words “in the same area”.


Ceist curtha, agus diúlta.


Leasú tairghte (Séamas Dubhdal):


Sub-section (7). To add at the end of the sub-section the words “and any amount so repayable may be paid in instalments extending over such period as the Minister may consider reasonable”.


Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.


Leasú tairgthe (Tomás O Fearáin):


To add at the end of the section a new sub-section as follows:—


“(10) Where a part-time employee of an approved society at the date of transfer is not offered employment by the Unified Society, and is not entitled to compensation under the foregoing provisions of this section, then, provided that he was so employed by such approved society on the 30th day of June, 1932, he shall be entitled to receive a gratuity from the Unified Society on the basis of one month’s remuneration, excluding expenses, for each completed year of service, calculated on his average monthly remuneration for the year 1932.”


Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.


Alt 22, mar do leasuíodh, aontuithe.


(v) Alt 23 go halt 32, go huile, aontuithe.


(vi) Sceideal aontuithe.


(vii) Teideal aontuithe.


4. Do tugadh Dréacht-Tuarasgabháil an Chathaoirligh i láthair, do léigheadh agus do ritheadh í mar leanas:—


The Select Committee has gone through the Bill and the Bill as amended is returned to the Seanad.


As a result of its deliberations the Committee is of opinion that it is essential that the National Health Insurance Bill, 1933 should be passed if a scheme of national health insurance is to continue without serious financial embarrassment.


The main defects in the present system that appear from the evidence tendered would seem to arise from the difficulty of control in the matter of medical certification and non-compliance with the existing law. In both these respects it is likely that the provisions of the National Health Insurance Bill, 1933 will enable improvements to be made.


The following amendments have been inserted in the Bill by the Select Committee:—


(1) Section 22, sub-section (7). The following words added at the end of the sub-section:—


“and any amount so repayable may be paid in instalments extending over such period as the Minister may consider reasonable.”


(2) Section 22. A new sub-section added at the end of the section as follows:—


“(10) Where a part-time employee of an approved society at the date of transfer is not offered employment by the Unified Society, and is not entitled to compensation under the foregoing provisions of this section, then, provided that he was so employed by such approved society on the 30th day of June, 1932, he shall be entitled to receive a gratuity from the Unified Society on the basis of one month’s remuneration, excluding expenses, for each completed year of service, calculated on his average monthly remuneration for the year 1932.”


Orduithe: Do thuairisciú dá réir sin.


5. Do chuir an Rogha-Choiste deire lena ghnó ar 1.5 p.m.