Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 6 July 2010, the value of payments made to date; the payments made 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 total number of persons to be refunded and the value of the refunds; the provision made in the 2011 estimate for administration and for payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47989/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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This question refers to retained interest on Patient Private Property Accounts. Payment to the value of €66,946 has issued in respect of 1,120 patients to date.

While no payments have issued in 2010, it is hoped to progress payments in 2011, including in the western region, but this is subject to resources being available to do so.

The identification of the total number of people to be refunded and the value of such refunds are yet to be established from records retained at each individual care centre, and is part of a significant workload involved in completing payments. There is no specific provision for administration. Interest retained since 2005 is lodged in the Central PPP Fund for distribution and is managed and audited separately from all other HSE accounts.

There is no requirement on clients or next of kin to make an application for this payment.

The HSE have again expressed their willingness to provide full briefing on PPP related issues to the Deputy, or to meet with him to answer his queries, if he so wishes.