asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the commodities and services the prices of which are controlled or regulated by him under any enactment, any instrument made thereunder or in discharge of any statutory duty.
Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - Control of Prices.
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On the assumption that the Deputy has not in mind commodities and services provided directly by my Department, the answer is none.
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asked the Minister for Health the commodities and services the prices of which are controlled or regulated by him under any enactment, any instrument made thereunder or in discharge of any statutory duty.
Charges for certain services for the public are controlled by me under a number of enactments and statutory instruments. With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I will circulate with the Official Report a table showing these services. I assume the question relates only to prices or charges to the public and not to rates of payments for services as between, say, a health authority and a voluntary hospital.
Following is the table:
COMMODITIES or services for which charges are fixed or controlled by the Minister for Health under certain enactments and instruments.
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Commodity or Service |
Enactment or Instrument |
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1. Institutional services provided by health authorities for persons not entitled to such services under section 15 of the HealthAct, 1953. |
Section 26 of the Health Act, 1953, and Section 109 of Mental Treatment Act, 1945. |
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2. Institutional services arranged by health authorities for middle-income group patients and for persons eligible on grounds of “undue hardship”, where the serviceis not provided free. |
Section 15 (4) of Health Act, 1953 and Section 231A (3) of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (this Section was inserted by Section 71 of the Health Act, 1953). |
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3. Private or semi-private accommodation in health authority institutions for persons eligible for institutional services. |
Section 25 (7) of Health Act, 1953. |
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4. Out-patient specialist services arranged byhealth authorities. |
Section 15 (5) of Health Act, 1953, as amended by Section 1 of the Health andMental Treatment Act, 1957. |
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5. Institutional assistance. |
Section 54 (4) of Health Act, 1953. |
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6. Birth, death and marriage certificates. |
Section 9 of Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act,1952. |
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7. Inspection of ships and issue of “deratting” or “deratting exemption”certificates. |
Article 21 of Infectious Diseases (Shipping)Regulations, 1948. |