Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015

Number 8 of 2015

REDRESS FOR WOMEN RESIDENT IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 14 October 2020

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), enacted 14 October 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 436 of 2020), made 13 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 8 of 2015


REDRESS FOR WOMEN RESIDENT IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 14 October 2020




Number 8 of 2015


REDRESS FOR WOMEN RESIDENT IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS ACT 2015

REVISED

Updated to 14 October 2020


An Act to make provision for the making available without charge of certain health services to certain women who were admitted to and worked in certain institutions; to provide that those women shall not be required to pay charges for acute in-patient services and, for those purposes, to amend the Health Act 1970; to amend the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009; and to provide for related matters.

[18 th March, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Annotations

Modifications etc. (not altering text):

C1

Functions transferred and references construed (14.10.2020) by Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 436 of 2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (3) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.

Note change of name of Department and title of Minister to Department of and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth made (15.10.2020) by Children and Youth Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 437 of 2020), in effect as per art. 1(2).

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

(2) References to the Department of Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality -

(a) by or under the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and

...

are transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

...

(3) References to the Minister for Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act, and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

SCHEDULE 1

Article 3(1)(a)

Enactments, functions by or under which are transferred from the Minister for Justice and Equality to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 (No. 8 of 2015)

Editorial Notes:

E1

Provision for payments under Scheme established by Act to be disregarded in the calculation of gross income for eligibility for health services under Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 58A made (2.08.2019) by Health Act 1970 (Section 58A(8)) (Classes of Payments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 416 of 2019), reg. 2.

E2

Provision for payments under Scheme established by Act to be disregarded in the calculation of gross income for eligibility for health services under Health Act 1970 (1/1970), ss. 45A and 45(5A) made (2.08.2019) by Health Act 1970 (Section 45A(7)) (Classes of Payments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 415 of 2019), reg. 2.

E3

Provision for exemption from out-patient services for relevant participants under Act made (30.11.2017) by Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 548 of 2017), reg. 3(k), in effect as per reg. 1(2).

E4

Previous affecting provision: provision for payments under Scheme established by Act to be disregarded in the calculation of gross income for eligibility for health services under Health Act 1970 (1/1970), s. 58A made (1.07.2015) by Health Act 1970 (Section 58A(8)) (Classes of Payments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 278 of 2015), reg. 2, in effect as per reg. 1(2); revoked (2.08.2019) by Health Act 1970 (Section 58A(8)) (Classes of Payments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 416 of 2019), reg. 3.

E5

Previous affecting provision: provision for payments under Scheme established by Act to be disregarded in the calculation of gross income for eligibility for health services under Health Act 1970 (1/1970), ss. 45A and 45(5A) made (1.07.2015) by Health Act 1970 (Section 45A(7)) (Classes of Payments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 277 of 2015), reg. 2; revoked (2.08.2019) by Health Act 1970 (Section 45A(7)) (Classes of Payments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 415 of 2019), reg. 3.