Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2007
287 Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who has been seeking refund of nursing home charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34012/07]
View answerThe Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
288 Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of claims to date submitted to the Health Service Executive under the scheme for the repayment of all wrongfully charged long-stay maintenance charges in public long-stay facilities and for public contracted beds; the number of persons paid; the amount of payments paid to date; and the number of claims outstanding. [34039/07]
View answerThe Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has informed my Department that since the commencement of the scheme over 32,000 claims have been received and to date 5,007 payments totalling over €99.03m have issued. 8,015 offers of repayment, totalling over €155.5m, have been made.
