Written answers

Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Department of Health and Children

Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme

11:00 pm

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused on appeal under the health repayment scheme; if it can be further appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22874/08]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application in relation to a person (details supplied) under the health repayment scheme has been refused on appeal; if it can be further appealed in view of the fact that there was no bed available for the person at a public facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22882/08]

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason an application under the health repayment scheme in relation to a person (details supplied) was refused on appeal; if it can be further appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22883/08]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 319, 322 and 323 together.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG and 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 must be assessed within this legal framework. The Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office is an independent office established to provide an appeals service to those who wish to appeal the decision of the scheme administrator under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006. My Department has no function in this independent appeals process. Under the Act, when an Appeals Officer has considered and assessed an appeal, a decision issues to the appellant together with the Appeals Officer's reasons for the decision. A person affected by this decision may appeal to the High Court but only on a point of law from the decision and not later than 28 days after the appellant received a copy of the decision.

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