Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 68/2025 Official bill number / year
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Minister for Health
- Introduced
- 18 Nov 2025
- Last updated
- 20 Jan 2026
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Updates Risk Equalisation Fund credits paid to insurers from 1 April 2026, with revised amounts for age-related, hospital utilisation, and high-cost claims credits based on insured population data.
- Adjusts stamp duty levies on health insurance contracts to fund the revised credits, with transitional rates applying 1 January–31 March 2026, then new rates from 1 April 2026.
- Changes Health Insurance Authority Chair appointment term to align with state body governance code; updates high-cost claims percentage threshold.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil18 Nov 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil18 Nov 2025
- Committee Stage 34th Dáil25 Nov 2025
- Report Stage 34th Dáil26 Nov 2025
- Fifth Stage 34th Dáil26 Nov 2025
- Second Stage 27th Seanad4 Dec 2025
- Committee Stage 27th Seanad4 Dec 2025
- Report Stage 27th Seanad4 Dec 2025
- Fifth Stage 27th Seanad4 Dec 2025
- Enacted10 Dec 2025
Debates
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