The Federal National Council session, scheduled to be held today at the headquarters of the Council in Abu Dhabi, witnesses a parliamentary question from Council member Saeed Rashid Al Abdi to the Minister of State for Financial Affairs, Obaid Hamid Al Tayer, in which the Ministry requests the speedy completion of the federal bill on unified health insurance for citizens, In order to create a federal system of health insurance, it enables all citizens of the country to receive treatment in private hospitals.
During the 3rd session, the Council will discuss federal draft laws regarding amending some provisions of Federal Law No. 1 of 2019 regarding the diplomatic and consular corps and the regulation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and pesticides, while the apology of the Minister of State for Higher Education Affairs, Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, was confirmed for Not attending today's session, postponing the answer to four parliamentary questions.
In detail, the Federal National Council will hold today its sixth session of the first regular session of the seventeenth legislative session at the headquarters of the Council in Abu Dhabi, headed by Speaker of the Council Saqr Ghobash, to discuss three federal draft laws: The first regarding amending some provisions of Federal Law No. (1) for the year 2019 regarding the diplomatic and consular corps, and the second to amend some provisions of Federal Law No. (11) for the year 2018 regarding the regulation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, while the latter regarding pesticides.
Council member Saeed Rashid Al-Abdi asks the Minister of State for Financial Affairs, Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, about “health insurance for citizens”, through which he recommends that the government quickly finish the federal law regarding unified health insurance for citizens, to ensure their health care in all cities of the country.
Al-Rashedi told «Emirates Today»: “The umbrella of federal health insurance is a very important matter, and a popular demand, especially as it is a guarantee and safety for the citizen, as it provides him with medical treatment in his emirate or outside it, and it is a matter with which the citizen feels health and financial security, especially if The circumstances compelled him to receive treatment in a private hospital or clinic, ”confirming the Council's endeavor to unify the guarantee and health services provided at the state level.
He expressed his hope that there will be no delay in establishing a federal umbrella for health insurance, especially since the government has previously spoken of its readiness after completing the review at the Ministry of Justice, adding: «This law will achieve a qualitative shift in the health care system in the country, especially if the two experiences of Abu Dhabi are used And Dubai in this area, as they are successful experiences and ready for implementation at the federal level, especially since many citizens suffer the burden of going to private hospitals, and the additional costs that this imposes on treatment. ”
Al-Abdi stressed that citizens are looking forward to the speedy completion of the regulatory framework for this law that creates a federal system of health insurance, regardless of whether this citizen works in the government or private sector, enabling him to receive treatment in private hospitals as well.
While the first deputy head of the Federal National Council, Hamad Ahmed al-Rahoumi, is asked during the session, also a question to the Minister of State for Financial Affairs, about the effects of the implementation of value-added tax, through which he, according to what he said to Emirates Today, seeks to know if the Federal Authority For taxes, it conducted a comprehensive survey on the effects of this tax and its benefits for the state on the one hand, and the consumer and merchants sector on the other hand, after more than two years after its application.
The session also witnesses three parliamentary questions addressed to the Minister of Community Development, Hessa bint Issa Buhamid: the first of the council member, Kifah Muhammad al-Zaabi, on “the requirement of age in social assistance that is given to divorced women,” and the second by the second deputy speaker of the council, Na`ma Abdullah al-Sharhan, about “Encouraging the citizenship families to have children,” while the third member, Adnan Hamad Al-Hammadi, said about “exceptional social assistance for the unemployed.”
While it was confirmed that the Minister of State for Higher Education Affairs and Advanced Skills, the head of the Federal Authority for Governmental Human Resources, Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Belhoul Al Falasi, apologized for not attending today's session, for reasons related to work links, postponing the response to four parliamentary questions: The first from Hamad Al Rahoumi, about «support The employee was presented to the parents of the people of determination in the federal authorities, the second from member Dirar Hamid Balhoul Al Falasi, on “localizing the profession of the director of human resources in government institutions,” and the third from member Muhammad Issa al-Kashf, on “mourning leave”, while the last question was from a council member Adnan D Hammadi, about the «conditions for the admission of students and citizens, the children of citizens of the university».
The Council will also review, in the draft laws submitted by the government, a draft federal law on witness protection, for transmission to the Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee.
3 decrees
During the session, the Federal National Council is scheduled to review three federal decrees, namely: Federal Decree No. (31) for the year 2020 to ratify the Supplementary Agreement for the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the State and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and Federal Decree No. (32) for the year 2020 to ratify To amend the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance, and Federal Decree No. (33) for the year 2020 to ratify an agreement between the government of the country and the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea regarding mutual exemption from entry visas.