Written answers

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Department of Health and Children

Patient Private Property Fund

10:00 am

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 10 December 2009 the value of payments made to date in 2010; the number of payments which have been issued; when repayments will commence in the western region; the timetable for the completion of this process; the reclaim procedure for the next of kin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29504/10]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Payment in respect of retained interest on previously invested Patient Private Property funds has yet to be made in 2010, although work is continuing on identifying the beneficiaries of this interest.

Due to staff resources being re-assigned to process the electronic receipt of Department of Social Protection allowances nationally for HSE clients it has not been possible to progress the repayment of retained interest as quickly as planned.

The HSE is identifying the recipients of these payments from records retained at each Care Centre nationally. There is no requirement on clients or next of kin to make an application for this payment.

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