Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claimants that have been paid under an Act (details supplied) on a county basis; the number of applications received and verified; the number of applications that have been validated but are waiting on payment; and the number of applications that have been refused. [17191/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive has advised my Department that since the commencement of the Health Repayment Scheme in August 2006, over 36,000 applications have been received. Letters of offer have been sent to in excess of 13,000 claimants and almost 9,500 of these have been paid. The breakdown of claimants paid on a county basis is provided in the accompanying table.

The HSE have advised my Department that payments issue as soon as is practicable after the 28 day appeal period has passed provided that a valid letter of acceptance is received. The HSE have advised my Department that over 9,600 rejections have been processed in respect of these claims. The remaining claims are all being worked on and claims are concluded on a weekly basis.