Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claimants who have appealed and the amount offered to them under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006; the number of appeals that have been successful; and the number of appeals that have resulted in the moneys offered remaining the same. [32454/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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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. Up to 19 September 2008 the Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office had received 1020 completed appeal forms from claimants who have appealed the amounts offered to them. Decisions have issued in 415 of these cases and 182 of these decisions will result in a revised offer to the claimant while 233 of these decisions have resulted in the amounts offered remaining the same.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of claimants who have been awarded under an Act (details supplied); the number of applications received and verified; the number of applications that have been validated but are awaiting payment; and the number of applications that have been refused with all details on a county basis. [32455/08]

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 advised my Department that to date over 38,900 claim forms have been received under the Health Repayment Scheme. It is estimated that following adjustments for rejections and duplicate claims, the number of valid claims will be approximately 19,300. To date 17,684 claimants have received an offer of repayment and the value of these offers is €330m. 12,756 claimants have received payment to date under the Scheme and the value of these payments is €260m. It is anticipated that the remaining offers will be processed by end November 2008.

The HSE has also informed my Department that to date 13,923 letters of rejection have been sent to applicants who are deemed to fall outside the scheme. 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. A breakdown of the following 11,224 applications that have been rejected is set out on a county basis:

A breakdown for probate rejections is not available on a county basis.