Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 February 2010
284 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of repayments made under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 to date; the number of cases in which funds have been deposited into patient private property accounts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/10]
View answerThe Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG accountants and McCann Fitzgerald solicitors. A total of 35,300 claims have been received for the scheme. In excess of 35,000 or 99.3 % of all claims have been concluded. To date a total of 18,898 repayments of maintenance charges to the value of €423 million have been processed under the scheme. This includes 4,463 repayments deposited to patient private property accounts valued at €112 million. The remaining claims are being progressed currently and it is expected that these will be finalised in the coming weeks.
