Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024

What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Excludes Rent a Room relief income (up to €14,000 yearly) from medical card and GP visit card financial assessments, preventing this income from affecting eligibility.
• Clarifies that pharmacists can supply approved medicines without prescriptions and identifies pharmacy as a location where healthcare professionals may administer medicines.
• Enables Minister to approve time-limited Medicines Substitution Protocols allowing pharmacists to therapeutically substitute medications during medicine shortages.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   31 Jan 2024
2. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   22 Feb 2024
3. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   22 Feb 2024
4. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   26 Jun 2024
5. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   26 Jun 2024
6. Second Stage26th Seanad

   3 Jul 2024
7. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   9 Jul 2024
8. Report Stage26th Seanad

   9 Jul 2024
9. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   9 Jul 2024
10. Enacted

    15 Jul 2024

Debates

• Committee and Remaining Stages9 Jul 2024↗
• Second Stage3 Jul 2024↗
• Report and Final Stages26 Jun 2024↗
• Second Stage (Resumed)22 Feb 2024↗
• Second Stage21 Feb 2024↗

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