Hueyracer,
I don't belive what you are telling... To schedeule an ATP checkride, the first requeritment,you need is to send a certificate of flight experience to check that you are meeting the minimun requeriments. Only after that a checkride can be schedeuled.
If you flight, outside of Spain, the certificate must be stamp and validate with the apostille of The Hague.
In fact I know few guys with thousands of hours, multi engine experience willing to have ATPL and they could not get it because they can not show evidences( with approved certificates) of the minimun requirements.
It is totally impossible to see a ATPL(H) with 235 hours in R22 even in dreams...otherwise it is a frozen ATPL(H)
I can not say anything about the requirements in Portugal, but in Spain I can assure that with 235 hours in R22 never ever you get it.