Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [28687/09]

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [28688/09]

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 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 from or in respect of persons with an intellectual disability who were admitted to long-stay residences are assessed within this legal framework and only the specific charges outlined above are repayable under the Health Repayment Scheme. The closing date for receipt of applications under the Scheme was 31 December 2007.