Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 15th August, 2014.

I, ENDA KENNY, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Income of Private Hospitals) Order 2014.

2. In this Order-

"health care" means services for or in connection with the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human illness;

"medical provider" includes-

(a) a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25 of 2007),

(b) a registered dentist within the meaning of the Dentists Act 1985 (No. 9 of 1985), and

(c) a registered pharmacist within the meaning of the Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007);

"private hospital" means a hospital (including an approved centre within the meaning of section 63 of the Mental Health Act (No. 25 of 2001)) which-

(a) provides health care, and

(b) is not a publicly-funded hospital,

and includes a private hospital where arrangements have been or may be made for the provision of services for a public patient by agreement with the HSE;

"publicly-funded hospital" means a hospital which provides services to a person pursuant to his or her entitlement under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970).

3. This Order applies to a private hospital in the State.

4. A private hospital, to which this Order applies, shall provide the Central Statistics Office with the information in relation to its economic activities that is specified in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Article 4

1. Detailed income and expenditure statement in accordance with a private hospital’s audited financial statements for the years 2012 and 2013.

2. The following particulars in accordance with a private hospital’s audited financial statements for the years 2012 and 2013-

(a) income from public sources,

(b) income from private health insurers,

(c) income from patient contribution (classified by care type),

(d) income from charitable sources,

(e) income from private sources,

(f) income from bequests,

(g) income from medical providers for use of a private hospital’s facilities,

(h) surplus of income over costs and expenditure, and

(i) other sources of income.

GIVEN under my hand,

11 August 2014.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.