Written Answers - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. Tuesday, 26 April 2005

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  150.  Mr. Howlin      asked the Minister for Education and Science      when she intends to finalise the institutions to be added to the list under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13008/05]

Minister for Education and Science (Ms Hanafin):    Section 4 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 enables additional institutions, in which children were placed and resident and in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function, to be added to the Schedule to the Act. Since the enactment of the legislation, my Department has received correspondence from both individuals and survivor groups identifying a number of additional institutions that may be eligible for inclusion in the Schedule. Accordingly, consultations have taken place between my Department and other Departments which may have provided a regulatory function in the operation of these facilities to ascertain the case for their inclusion under the Act.

While inquiries have not yet been completed in respect of all institutions, I signed an order on 9 November 2004 which provided for the inclusion [448]of 13 additional institutions in the Schedule. Further consultations are taking place about a number of institutions and I will consider the position of these institutions when this process has been completed.

Question No. 151 answered with Question
No. 131.

Question No. 152 answered with Question
No. 92.

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