S.I. No. 406/2022 - Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th August, 2022.

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 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) (No. 2) Regulations 2022.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 2022.

3. The Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (Section 42) (Payments to General Practitioners) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 692 of 2019 ) are amended by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 32:

“SCHEDULE 32

Services rendered under the National Cervical Screening Programme

Reference Number

(1)

Description

(2)

Amount

(3)

1.

Payment in respect of the provision of a cervical screening service under the National Cervical Screening Programme

€65.00

.”

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

26 July, 2022.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 July, 2022.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations shall apply to payments in respect of services rendered by a general practitioner to or on behalf of the Health Service Executive under and in accordance with the terms of the National Cervical Screening Programme.