Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 February 2007
313 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if people who have been in full time residential care for many years are eligible to make a claim or have a claim made on their behalf to the health repayment scheme (details supplied). [7278/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe health repayment scheme is administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in conjunction with the appointed Scheme Administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald an provide a legal framework to repay recoverable health charges. Recoverable health charges are charges which were imposed on persons with full eligibility under the Health (Charges for In-patient Services) Regulations 1976 as amended in 1987 or charges for in-patient services only, raised under the Institutional Assistance Regulations 1954 as amended in 1965. Eligibility for repayment under the health repayment scheme is predicated on whether a patient had a recoverable health charge imposed on them in the first instance and this information relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive.
My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
