S.I. No. 120/2024 - Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) (Amendment) Regulations 2024


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th March, 2024.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 42 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (No. 34 of 2017), being satisfied that subsection (6) of that section has been complied with; having complied with subsection (9) of that section; having had regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (10) of that section, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

2. In these Regulations—

“Principal Regulations” means the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 692 of 2019 ) as amended.

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by the substitution of Schedule 34 by the following schedule:

“Schedule 34

Services rendered under other National Immunisation Programmes

Reference Number (1)

Description (2)

Amount (3)

1.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering to an individual a vaccine in situations of disease outbreak in a specific area in the State

€28.50

2.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering to an individual a vaccine during a pandemic

€10.00

3.

Amount payable to a general practitioner under the General Medical Services Scheme for administering a full course of vaccines against Hepatitis B, including post-vaccination testing where necessary, to an individual in an at-risk category

€142.57

4.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering a PPV vaccine to an individual in an at-risk category under the General Medical Services Scheme provided that the vaccine which is administered is not administered by the general practitioner (or by another general practitioner in the same practice) on the same day as an influenza vaccine

€28.50

5.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering an influenza vaccine to an individual in an at-risk category, provided that the vaccine which is administered is not administered by the general practitioner (or by another general practitioner in the same practice) on the same day as a PPV vaccine

€15.00

6.

Additional amount payable to a general practitioner for every ten individuals in an at-risk category to whom that general practitioner has administered an influenza vaccine, provided that the vaccines which were administered were not administered by the general practitioner (or by another general practitioner in the same practice) on the same day as a PPV vaccine

€100.00

7.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering an influenza vaccine to an individual in an at-risk category –

(a) a PPV, and

(b) an influenza vaccine,

under the General Medical Services Scheme where both vaccines are administered on the same day by the general practitioner or by the general practitioner concerned and another general practitioner in the same practice

€42.75

8.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering a Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) to a child aged 2 years or more and less than 18 years, provided that the vaccine which is administered is not administered by the general practitioner (or by another general practitioner in the same practice) on the same day as a PPV vaccine

€20.00

9.

Additional amount payable to a general practitioner for every ten children aged 2 years or more and less than 18 years to whom that general practitioner has administered a Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV), provided that the vaccines which were administered were not administered by the general practitioner (or by another general practitioner in the same practice) on the same day as a PPV vaccine

€150.00

10.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering an MMR vaccine to a child provided that the vaccine has not been administered under the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme

€36.03

11.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for every child to whom that general practitioner has administered an MMR vaccine in a dedicated catch-up vaccination clinic

€6.00

12.

Amount payable to a general practitioner for administering an MMR vaccine to an adult

€36.03

The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, consents to the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform,

8 March, 2024.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 March, 2024.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Regulation amends the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 692 of 2019 ) to provide a fee for General Practitioners for the provision of MMR vaccinations.