Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for refunds under the nursing homes compensation scheme; the number refused; the reasons given; the numbers sanctioned; the sums due to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26957/07]

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 4,353 payments totalling over €86.7 million have issued. 6,590 offers of repayment, totalling over €125.2 million, have been made.

The HSE have also informed my Department that 3,943 applications have been rejected up to 26 October 2007. There are a variety of reasons for applications being rejected and these include instances where the relevant person died prior to 9 December 1998, where the relevant person resided in an institution not within the scope of the scheme and where duplicate applications were received on behalf of the relevant person.

The Scheme Administrator and the HSE are confident that all claims submitted by eligible applicants by 31 December 2007 will be processed within the 2 year time frame allotted for the Scheme which is due to end on 30 June 2008.