With the announcement that the ERO will now be in place and Core Funding will be activated from the 15th September. This announcement means that Interim funding will only be paid to the 14th September with the Core Funding kicking in from the 15th September.
The table below shows the contract cuts offs and subsequent payments for services:
Contracts Received | Funding Strand | Payment Weeks | Payment Issued |
COB Monday 22 Aug | Interim Funding | One week 1- 7 Sep One week 8-14 Sep | Friday 26 Aug Friday 2 Sept |
COB Monday 29 Aug | Interim Funding | Two weeks 1- 14 Sep | Friday 2 Sep |
COB Monday 5 Sep | Interim Funding | Two weeks 1-14 Sep | Friday 9 Sep |
Midnight 9 Sep | Interim Funding | Two weeks 1-14 Sep | Friday 16 Sep |
- The first Core Funding payments will issue next week for services that have completed the contracting process by accepting the funding agreements.
- Payments in respect of the first two weeks of Core Funding (15th September – 28th September) will be providers’ accounts on Friday 16th September for providers who have completed the accepted the funding agreements.
- Future Core Funding payments, from 29th September onwards, will be in respect of four or five weekly allocations.