asked the Minister for Finance in relation to the last complete financial year for which figures are available (i) the number of claims made on form MED 1, (ii) the number of refunds made to claimants on form MED 1, and (iii) the total amount refunded to the claimants on foot of these forms.
Written Answers. - MED 1 Forms.
345.
Separate statistics in relation to the number of claims made on form MED 1 are not compiled and, consequently, an estimate of that number is not available. Refunds have been made, however, in relation to the majority of claims lodged so that the number of claims made would not greatly exceed the number of refunds made.
The information requested at (ii) and (iii) for year ended 31 December 1979 is as follows:
(ii) 1,681.
(iii) £296,342.