AI-assisted research summary: This Act establishes the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and provides for applications for payments and health services.
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 Permanent Page URL View by Section Amharc de réir Ailt View Full Act Amharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRà arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Open PDF Oscail PDF Priontáil an tAcht Iomlán Previous Section Alt Roimhe Next Section An Chéad Alt Eile Priontáil an tAlt 20 2023 MOTHER AND BABY INSTITUTIONS PAYMENT SCHEME ACT 2023 PART 1 Preliminary and General 1. Short title and commencement 2. Interpretation 3. Expenses 4. Laying of regulations PART 2 Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme 5. Establishment of Scheme 6. Duration of Scheme 7. Office of Chief Deciding Officer 8. Chief Deciding Officer 9. Functions of Chief Deciding Officer 10. Deputy Chief Deciding Officer 11. Agreements relating to performance of certain functions of Chief Deciding Officer 12. Annual report 13. Dissolution day 14. Transfer of functions to relevant Minister 15. Liability for loss occurring before dissolution day 16. Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions 17. Deposit with Minister of records in possession of Chief Deciding Officer PART 3 Application for Payment or Provision of Services under Scheme 18. Eligibility of relevant person for certain payments and provision of services 19. Application for payment or provision of services under Scheme 20. Further application where relevant institution added to Schedule 1 21. Examination of application: general 22. Chief Deciding Officer may request information from information source 23. Chief Deciding Officer may request information by affidavit 24. Calculation of period of residence in relevant institution 25. Determination of application 26. Notification to applicant of determination 27. Review of determination 28. Appeals officer 29. Appeals 30. Appeal to High Court 31. Offer of general payment or work-related payment 32. Acceptance of offer of general payment or work-related payment 33. Statute of Limitations 34. Offer of provision without charge of health services 35. Offer of health support payment 36. Application under section 19 may be made on behalf of relevant person 37. Application on behalf of deceased relevant person 38. Application process to continue where applicant dies 39. Provision supplementary to sections 36, 37 and 38 40. Withdrawal or deemed withdrawal of application, review or appeal PART 4 41. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 42. Amendment of Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 43. Legal costs and expenses 44. Regulations 45. Guidelines 47. Prohibition on disclosure of information 48. Review of operation of Scheme 49. Amendment of Schedule 1 by Minister 50. Service of documents 51. Minister may prescribe person to be information source 52. Processing of personal data and special categories of personal data 54. Use of certain archives 55. Penalties SCHEDULE 1 PART 1 PART 2 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (No. 1) Child Care Act 1991 (No. 17) Children Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 67) (No. 20) Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 (No. 23) Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (No. 14) Health Act 1970 (No. 1) Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25) National Archives Act 1986 (No. 11) Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41) (No. 15) Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 (No. 8) Succession Act 1965 (No. 27) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) 20 2023 MOTHER AND BABY INSTITUTIONS PAYMENT SCHEME ACT 2023 An Act to provide, in recognition of the circumstances experienced by certain persons while resident in certain institutions in the State, for the establishment of a scheme to be known as the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme for the purpose of the making of payments and the making available without charge of health services to such persons; to provide for the making by such persons of applications for such payments and services; and to provide for related matters. th July , 2023] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: