Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is receiving regular reports on the progress in making repayments to persons unlawfully charged while in nursing homes; the proportion of cases in which payments have to be made; the reason for the delay as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6750/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE provide weekly monitoring reports to my Department on the progress of the Health Repayment Scheme.

Since the commencement of the scheme almost 35,000 applications have been received by the Scheme Administrator. Over 33,000 of these applications have been concluded which has resulted in excess of 19,600 offers being made to date. Payments have issued to over 16,200 claimants with a value totalling in excess of €353m. In the region of 1,600 applications remain to be determined. The vast majority of the remaining offers will issue by the end of April 2009.

The individual case referred to by the Deputy has been referred to the HSE for investigation and direct reply.