Under the provisions of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006, the Health Service Executive appointed an external service provider to act as Scheme Administrator for the Health Repayment Scheme. The service provider is a consortium which includes KPMG Accountants and McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors. As per the contract agreement with the Scheme Administrator the HSE make payments to the consortium on foot of invoices received from KPMG Accountants and payments are payable to KPMG accountants on behalf of the consortium. Approximately €13 million has been paid to the Scheme Administrator since the scheme commenced in August 2006 as follows:
Year
|
Payment
|
|
€m
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2006
|
0.9
|
2007
|
1.9
|
2008
|
8.3
|
2009 (to 30th September 2009)
|
1.7
|
Total
|
12.8
|