Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2009
170 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a number of people who successfully appealed their offer under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 were initially offered a lower amount if they had a clear entitlement to a higher payment as proven by their successful appeal; if she will provide details of same on an annual basis in a tabular format; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37600/09]
View answerThe health repayment scheme is administered by the HSE in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG McCann Fitzgerald. Applications received under the scheme are determined by the scheme administrator and the amount of recoverable health charge due based on available information is calculated together with interest. Section 16 of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provides for an independent appeals process to allow an applicant to appeal the amount of repayment offered by the scheme administrator and to provide additional information by way of a written or oral submission in support of that appeal. The Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office has issued 3,982 appeal decisions as of 15 October 2009. 508 of these appeal decisions have disagreed with the amount offered by the scheme administrator resulting in an increased offer.
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Year |
Number of Decisions where the Appeals Officer has disagreed with the Amounts offered by the Scheme Administrator resulting in an increased offer |
|
2007 |
31 |
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2008 |
137 |
|
2009 to date (15 October 2009) |
340 |
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Total to date (15 October 2009) |
508 |
