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Uimhir 9 de 1940.
ACHT NA nOISPIDÉAL PUIBLÍ (LEASÚ), 1940.
[An tiontódh oifigeamhail.]
Léiriú.
1.—Déanfar Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 go 1939, agus an tAcht so do léiriú i dteanta a chéile agus, dá réir sin, gach focal agus abairt go gcuirtear brí áirithe leis, le haon Acht aca san no ann, tá leis san Acht so an bhrí cuirtear leis amhlaidh.
Búródhanna do bhunú.
2.—(1) Fé réir forálacha an chéad fho-ailt ina dhiaidh seo, is dleathach do Choimisiún na nOispidéal, ach toiliú an Aire do bheith aca chuige sin, búró do bhunú agus do chothabháil, maidir le haon dá óspidéal no níos mó, is búró a dhéanfaidh níos usa daoine, dar gá cóireáil óspidéil, do leigint isteach in óspidéal éigin aca san agus ina bhféadfar faisnéis do thabhairt do dhochtúirí leighis, agus do dhaoine eile le na mbainfidh, ar an gcóiríocht a bheidh ar fáil o am go ham sna hóspidéil sin.
(2) I gcás búró, maidir le haon óspidéil, do bhunú fén alt so ní déanfar óspidéal ar bith, nár tugadh aon deontas dó as Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal tar éis an Achta so do rith, d'áireamh imeasc na n-óspidéal san, mara dtoilighidh cólucht rialúcháin an óspidéil sin le n-a áireamh amhlaidh.
(3) Tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle leis an gcoiste comhairlitheach, ar n-a mbunú alos an bhúró san fén Acht so, is dleathach do Choimisiún na nOispidéal, ach ceadú an Aire do bheith aca chuige sin, a ordú le rialacháin conus a stiúrfar aon bhúró, ar n-a bhunú fén alt so, agus is ceaduithe, chun crícheanna na rialachán san, a luadh ionta cadiad dualgaisí cóluchta rialúcháin aon óspidéal a bheidh i gceist, no dualgaisí aon duine bheidh páirteach i mbainistí aon cheann de sna hóspidéil a bheidh i gceist, maidir le hothair do leigint isteach sa chéanna agus maidir le faisnéis, ar an gcóiríocht a bheidh ar fáil sna hóispidéil no san óspidéal san, do thabhairt i gcionn réithe có-fhaid agus ar n-a iarraidh sin.
(4) Gach rialachán a déanfar fén alt so leagfar é fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a dhéanta agus má dheineann ceachtar Tigh aca san, fé cheann an lá is fiche shuidhfidh an Tigh sin tar éis an rialacháin sin do leagadh fé n-a bhráid, rún do rith ag cur an rialacháin sin ar nea-mbrí, beidh an rialachán san curtha ar nea-mbrí dá réir sin ach beidh san gan dochar do bhailíocht éinní do rinneadh roimhe sin fén rialachán san.
Coistí búró.
3.—(1) I gcás búró do bhunú fén Acht so maidir le dhá óspidéal no níos mó—
(a) déanfar, de bhuadh na míre seo, coiste comhairlitheach do bhunú alos an bhúró san;
(b) beidh an coiste sin có-dhéanta d'uimhir de bhaill a bheidh có-ionann le huimhir na n-óspidéal san;
(c) déanfaidh gach ceann fé leith de chóluchtaí rialúcháin na n-óspidéal san o am go ham, do réir mar a bheidh gá leis sin, duine do cheapadh chun bheith ina bhall den choiste sin agus, fós, an ceapadh san do chur in úil do Choimisiún na nOispidéal;
(d) pé uair is gá do chólucht rialúcháin aon óspidéil aca san ball den choiste sin do cheapadh, is ceaduithe do Choimisiún na nOispidéal a iarraidh ar an gcólucht rialúcháin sin, tré fhógra i scríbhinn, an ceapadh san do dhéanamh agus, i gcás an cólucht rialúcháin sin do thabhairt faillighe sa cheapadh san do dhéanamh agus in é chur in úil do Choimisiún na nOispidéal agus iad do leanúint den fhaillighe sin go ceann ceithre lá déag tar éis dáta an fhógra san do thabhairt, cuirfidh Coimisiún na nOispidéal an fhaillighe sin in úil don Aire agus ceapfaidh an tAire an duine sin is oiriúnach leis chun bheith ina bhall den choiste sin agus, an duine cheapfaidh an tAire amhlaidh, is tuigthe chun crícheanna an fho-ailt seo gurb é an cólucht rialúcháin sin do cheap é.
(2) Isiad feidhmeanna bheidh ag gach coiste bunófar fén alt so ná éifeachtúlacht an bhúró gur ina thaobh a bheidh an coiste sin bunuithe do chur chun cinn i gcoitinne agus féachaint chuige go mbeidh gach cabhair, maidir leis an mbúró san do stiúradh, á fháil o sna hóspidéil a bheidh i gceist.
(3) Ceapfaidh an tAire na téarmaí bhainfidh le sealbhaíocht oifige na mball d'aon choiste bunófar fén alt so.
(4) Cuirfidh Coimisiún na nOispidéal áit tionóil ar fáil do choiste ar bith a bunófar fén alt so agus déanfaid aon tsocrú eile is gá dar leo chun an choiste sin do chólíonadh a bhfeidhmeanna sa cheart.
Gearáin.
4.—(1) Má dheineann Coimisiún na nOispidéal, tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle leis an gcoiste comhairlitheach oiriúnach, a ghearán leis an Aire gur diúltuíodh do dhuine ar bith áirithe do leigint isteach ina othar chomhnaithe in aon óspidéal 'na mbeidh búró bunuithe ina thaobh fén Acht so, no gur thárla moill mhíréasúnta maidir le cóireáil do chur ar dhuine ar bith dob othar comhnaithe in aon óspidéal den tsórt san, is dleathach don Aire, as a dhíscréid féin, fiosrúchán do chur á dhéanamh i dtaobh an ghearáin sin, más ceart san dar leis, agus feadfaidh duine do cheapadh chun an fhiosrúcháin sin do dhéanamh.
(2) Is dleathach don duine ceapfar chun fiosrúchán do dhéanamh fén alt so—
(a) fínnéithe do ghairm chun teacht i láthair ag an bhfiosrúchán san,
(b) fínnéithe bheidh i láthair ag an bhfiosrúchán san do cheistniú fé mhionn, agus údaruítear dó leis seo daoine do chur fé mhionn, agus
(c) i gcás é do mheas aon scríbhinn a bheidh fé chúram no fé urláimh aon fhínné aca san do bheith riachtanach chun crícheanna an fhiosrúcháin sin, a cheangal ar an bhfínné sin an scríbhinn sin do thabhairt ar áird.
(3) Beidh na saoirsí agus na príbhléidí céanna ag duine is fínné ag fiosrúchán fén alt so do bheadh aige dá mba i láthair na hArd-Chúirte do bheadh sé ina fhínné.
(4) Má dheineann duine ar bith—
(a) ar é ghairm go cuibhe chun teacht i láthair ina fhínné ag fiosrúchán fen alt so, faillighe do thabhairt, go toiliúil no gan fáth réasúnta, i dteacht i láthair, no
(b) ar é bheith i láthair ina fhínné ag an bhfiosrúchán san, diúltú do mhionn do thabhairt, no do scríbhinn do thabhairt ar áird, no do cheist do fhreagairt, nuair iarrfaidh neach déanta an fhiosrúcháin sin air san do dhéanamh,
beidh an duine sin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar cúig púint do chur air.
(5) Deimhneoidh an tAire cadé méid a chostaisí maidir le fiosrúchán fén alt so, agus déanfar an méid a deimhneofar amhlaidh d'íoc leis an Aire amach as Ciste Iontaobhais na nOispidéal agus déanfaidh an tAire an céanna d'íoc isteach sa Stát-Chiste no í chur chun tairbhe don Stát-Chiste sa tslí sin ordóidh an tAire Airgeadais.
Alt 12 d'Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933, do leasú.
5.—Déanfar alt 12 d'Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 (Uimh. 18 de 1933), do léiriú, maidir le gach scuab-gheall a cuirfear ar siúl fén Acht san tar éis an Achta so do rith, agus beidh éifeacht aige, maidir leis an gcéanna, fé is dá ndeintí—
(a) na focail seo leanas do chur le mir (a) d'fho-alt (2) den alt san i ndeireadh na míre sin, sé sin le rá, “no thar an bpercentáiste sin, fé n-a bhun san, den airgead san, a chinnfidh an tAire Dlighidh agus Cirt agus é ag ceadú na scéime don scuab-gheall san”, agus
(b) na focail seo leanas do scriosadh as mír (b) d'fho-alt (2) den alt san, sé sin le rá, “agus ní ragha sí thar seacht per cent. den airgead san do gheobhfar as ticéadaí no dhíol sa scuab-gheall san.”
Alt 14 d'Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933, do leasú.
6.—Beidh éifeacht ag fo-alt (6) d'alt 14 d'Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 (Uimh. 18 de 1933), fé is dá ndeintí na focail “no do ghcibheann congnamh uatha san” do scriosadh as.
Feidhmiú comhacht áirithe do leathnú.
7.—(1) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “an fo-alt príomhdha” fo-alt (6) d'alt 14 d'Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 (Uimh. 18 de 1933), ar n-a leasú leis an alt deiridh sin roimhe seo.
(2) Chun dualgaisí an Aire agus dualgaisí Choimisiún na nOispidéal fé Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 go 1939, agus fén Acht sa do chólíonadh, is ceaduithe d'oifigeach ar bith don Aire go n-údarás cuibhe aige chuige sin ón Aire, no d'oifigeach ar bith do Choimisiún na nOispidéal go n-údarás cuibhe aige chuige sin o Choimisiún na nOispidéal, gach comhacht no aon chomhacht dá luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt phríomhdha d'fheidhmiú.
(3) Má dheineann duine ar bith, maidir le haon chomhacht dá luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt phríomhdha d'fheidhmiú de bhuadh an ailt seo no an fho-ailt phríomhdha, an feidhmiú san do bhac, no má chuireann isteach air, go toiliúil, no má thugann faillighe in aon fhaisnéis do thabhairt uaidh a bheidh ar a chur aige, agus a hiarrfar air de bhuadh an ailt seo no an fho-ailt phríomhdha do thabhairt uaidh, beidh an duine sin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar cúig púint do chur air.
Athghairm.
8.—Athghairmtear leis seo Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí (Leasú), 1939 (Uimh. 15 de 1939).
Gearr-theideal agus có-luadh.
9.—(1) Féadfar Acht na nOispidéal Puiblí (Leasú), 1940, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Féadfar Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 go 1940, do ghairm d'Achtanna na nOispidéal Puiblí, 1933 go 1939, agus den Acht so le chéile.
Number 9 of 1940.
PUBLIC HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Acts Referred to | |
No. 18 of 1933 | |
No. 15 of 1939 | |
Number 9 of 1940.
PUBLIC HOSPITALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940.
Interpretation.
1.—The Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1939, and this Act shall be construed together and, accordingly, every word and expression to which a particular meaning is given by or in any of those Acts has, in this Act, the meaning so given to it.
Establishment of bureaus.
2.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section, the Hospitals Commission may, with the consent of the Minister, establish and maintain in relation to any two or more hospitals a bureau whereby the admission to some one of such hospitals of persons requiring hospital treatment will be facilitated and whereat information as to the accommodation available from time to time in such hospitals can be given to medical practitioners and other interested persons.
(2) Where a bureau in relation to any hospitals is established under this section, there shall not be included amongst those hospitals any hospital to which no grant has been made out of the Hospitals Trust Fund after the passing of this Act, unless the governing body thereof consents to such inclusion.
(3) The Hospitals Commission after consultation with the advisory committee established in respect of such bureau under this Act and with the approval of the Minister, may by regulations prescribe the manner in which any bureau established under this section shall be carried on and such regulations may, for the purposes thereof, define the duties of the governing bodies or of any person taking part in the management of any hospital concerned in regard to the admission of patients to such hospital and to the furnishing at regular intervals and on demand of information as to the accommodation available in such hospital.
(4) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling such regulation is passed by either such House within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which such House has sat after such regulation is laid before it, such regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such regulation.
Bureau committees.
3.—(1) Where a bureau is established under this Act in relation to two or more hospitals—
(a) there shall, by virtue of this paragraph, be established an advisory committee in respect of such bureau;
(b) such committee shall consist of a number of members equal to the number of such hospitals;
(c) each of the governing bodies of such hospitals shall, from time to time as occasion requires, appoint a person to be a member of such committee and notify the Hospitals Commission of such appointment;
(d) whenever the governing body of any of the said hospitals is required to appoint a member of such committee, the Hospitals Commission may, by notice in writing request such governing body to make such appointment, and if such governing body fails, before the expiration of fourteen days after the giving of such notice, to make such appointment and notify it to the Hospitals Commission, the Hospitals Commission shall inform the Minister accordingly, and the Minister shall appoint such person as he thinks fit to be a member of such committee, and the person so appointed by the Minister shall be deemed, for the purposes of this sub-section, to have been appointed by such governing body.
(2) The functions of every committee established under this section shall be to promote generally the efficiency of the bureau in respect of which such committee was established and to secure from the hospitals concerned full co-operation in the carrying on of such bureau.
(3) The Minister shall fix the tenure of office of the members of any committee established under this section.
(4) The Hospitals Commission shall provide a place of meeting for any committee established under this section and shall make such other provision as they think necessary for the proper functioning of such committee.
Complaints.
4.—(1) Where the Hospitals Commission, after consultation with the appropriate advisory committee, complain to the Minister that any person was refused admission as an intern patient to any hospital in relation to which a bureau has been established under this Act or that the treatment of any person admitted as an intern patient to any such hospital was unreasonably delayed, the Minister may, if in his discretion he so thinks proper, cause an inquiry to be held in relation to such complaint and may appoint a person to hold such inquiry.
(2) The person appointed to hold an inquiry under this section may—
(a) summon witnesses to attend at such inquiry,
(b) examine on oath (which he is hereby authorised to administer) witnesses attending at such inquiry, and
(c) where he considers any document in the power or control of any of such witnesses to be necessary for the purposes of such inquiry, require such witness to produce such document.
(3) A witness at an inquiry under this section shall have the same immunities and privileges as if he were a witness before the High Court.
(4) If any person—
(a) being duly summoned to attend as a witness at an inquiry under this section, fails, wilfully or without reasonable cause, to attend, or
(b) being in attendance as a witness at such inquiry, refuses to take an oath, produce a document, or answer a question where required so to do by the holder of such inquiry,
such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
(5) The Minister shall certify his expenses in relation to an inquiry under this section and the amount certified shall be paid to the Minister out of the Hospitals Trust Fund and shall be paid into or disposed of by the Minister for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance directs.
Amendment of section 12 of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933.
5.—Section 12 of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 (No. 18 of 1933), shall be construed and have effect in relation to every sweepstake held under the said Act after the passing of this Act as if—
(a) the following words were added to paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) of the said section at the end of that paragraph, that is to say, “or such lesser percentage of such moneys as the Minister for Justice may, when sanctioning the scheme for such sweepstake, determine”, and
(b) the following words were deleted from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) of the said section, that is to say, “and shall not exceed seven per cent. of the said moneys received from the sale of tickets in such sweepstake”.
Amendment of section 14 of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933.
6.—Sub-section (6) of section 14 of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 (No. 18 of 1933), shall have effect as if the words “or assisted by” were deleted therefrom.
Extension of exercise of certain powers.
7.—(1) In this section the expression “the principal sub-section” means sub-section (6) of section 14 of the Public Hospitals Act, 1933 (No. 18 of 1933), as amended by the immediately preceding section.
(2) For the purposes of the performance of the duties of the Minister and of the Hospitals Commission under the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1939, and this Act, any officer of the Minister duly authorised in that behalf by the Minister or any officer of the Hospitals Commission duly authorised in that behalf by the Hospitals Commission may exercise all or any of the powers specified in the principal sub-section.
(3) Any person who wilfully obstructs or interferes with the exercise by virtue of this section or the principal sub-section of any of the powers specified in the principal sub-section or who fails to furnish any information which is at his disposal and which by virtue of this section or the principal sub-section he is called upon to give shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
Repeal.
8.—The Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 15 of 1939), is hereby repealed.
Short title and collective citation.
9.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1940.
(2) The Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1939, and this Act may be cited together as the Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1940.