Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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206. To ask the Minister for Finance since the commencement of the nursing home support scheme, the percentage of nursing home loans that have become repayable have been recouped by the Revenue Commissioners; the total amount recouped; the total amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46090/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that it acts as the collection agent for the Health Service Executive (HSE) in respect of the repayment of loan funding provided under the Ancillary State Support Scheme. Revenue's involvement in this regard is provided for under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Collection and Recovery of Repayable Amounts) Regulations 2009 and Statutory Instrument No. 436 of 2009.

Since the commencement of the scheme, Revenue has been instructed by the HSE to collect outstanding debts to the value of €22.94m in respect of 1,529 'repayable loan' cases. To date, €20.52m of this debt in respect of 1,410 cases has been successfully collected by Revenue while the remaining €2.42m in respect of 119 cases is under active pursuit.

Revenue has also confirmed to me that the scheme has a further outstanding amount of €9.98m in respect of 524 cases, which has not yet been sanctioned by the HSE for collection. This amount includes €7.54m in respect of 351 cases that are not yet due for repayment and €2.44m in respect of 173 cases that the HSE has confirmed to Revenue are being further deferred due to specific circumstances.