Finian McGrath
Ceist:176 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [28687/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 8 July 2009
Ceisteanna (159, 160)
Finian McGrath
Ceist:177 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [28688/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme in conjunction with the appointed Scheme Administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald.
The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provides a clear legal framework to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long-term residential care including contract beds in private institutions. 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.
All applications from or in respect of persons with an intellectual disability who were admitted to long-stay residences are assessed within this legal framework and only the specific charges outlined above are repayable under the Health Repayment Scheme. The closing date for receipt of applications under the Scheme was 31 December 2007.