PN MP Adrian Delia has said that the government failed to recover any of the funds the Maltese public paid to Steward Health Care.

The concession agreement over the hospitals deal had been annulled by the Maltese courts in February 2023 in a judgement that mentioned fraud, following a case filed by Adrian Delia who was the PN Leader at the time. A court of appeal had confirmed the decision later that year.

The lawful termination of the government's contract with Steward Health Care was confirmed by an arbitration tribunal, the government said Monday. But the government also states that the arbitration decision awards no damages to either side.

"According to the ICC award, the total benefits received by the Government of Malta stand at €889,434,091 while the benefits received by Steward Healthcare stand at €884,644,629, with a shortfall of €4.78 million owed to Steward Healthcare," the government said.

In his initial reaction on Facebook, said: "The International Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that the contract with Steward Health Care had to be terminated. I am pleased about this, as Malta has successfully defended the achievement we made when the Maltese Court annulled all the contracts and we got back the three hospitals."

"However, despite the fact that none of the three hospitals were built or renovated, the Government failed to recover any of the money we paid, even though it had boasted that it would do so."

The Nationalist Party has long said that €400 million is owed to the public for the hospitals' deal.