Written answers

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Department of Health

Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Payments

Photo of Michael McCarthyMichael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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568. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46589/15]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government commits to seeking a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme. Government agreed to the establishment of a Scheme for this purpose, which commenced in November 2013. To date the Scheme has cost €2.9m and 46 awards have been made, with a small number of cases outstanding. Each of the remaining applicants has been contacted by the Scheme and has been informed that the closing date for submission of the outstanding documentation to the Scheme is 18 January 2016.

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