Hepatitis C Compensation Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2014

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Questions (238)

Clare Daly

Question:

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 28 January 2014, if he will conduct a comprehensive audit of the hepatitis C tribunal in relation to the specific issue of the €100 million surplus which accumulated in two years; if he guarantees to the Oireachtas that no mishandling of public moneys has occurred; and if he will agree to provide the health committee with full access to all records of the tribunal which can show that this surplus was used on award payments. [6043/14]

Written answers

Minister for Health

The outturns for the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal for the years 2007 - 2010 are as follows:

-	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total Payments	€81,905,559	€62,744,412	€54,496,377	€49,427,554
Surplus/(Deficit) for year	€13,694,441	€12,057,588	(€3,011,377)	€4,575,446
Surplus/(Deficit) brought forward from previous year	(€31,080,268)	(€17,385,827)	(€5,328,239)	(€8,339,616)
Surplus / (Deficit) carried forward to following year	(€17,385,827)	(€5,328,239)	(€8,339,616)	(€3,764,170)

There was an error in the published accounts for 2009 which led to the Surplus/(Deficit) carried forward to 2010 being listed as a surplus of €106,672,203. This error was corrected in the 2010 Accounts. In view of this I do not propose to have an audit undertaken on the matter. The Accounts for the The Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal are publicly available.