Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications in relation to the reimbursement of nursing home charges that have been processed; the number of applications that have been paid out to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26436/07]

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 has informed my Department that since the commencement of the scheme over 30,000 claims have been received and to date over 4,120 payments totalling over €82.3m have issued while 6,501 offers of repayment totalling over €123.8m have been made.