Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the projected cost to the Health Service Executive of payments (details supplied) to be made in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2667/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG accountants and McCann Fitzgerald solicitors. Based on the latest estimates received from the Scheme Administrator it is estimated that of the 35,330 applications for the scheme, 19,850 claims will result in repayments costing €438m. Taking account of overheads, the total estimated spend on the scheme will be in the region of €465m. Given that €448m, has already been provided to the scheme up to the 31st December 2009, the HSE estimate that additional funding in the sum of €17m will be required in 2010.