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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

.... Sometimes, they cannot even afford all of the costs of their medical needs. A simple fix could be to create a Health (Amendment) Act card designed just for survivors of institutional abuse, Magdalen laundries and mother and baby homes. These survivors have already been through immense hardship and it is our duty to ensure that they receive the care, assistance and respect they deserve...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Joan Burton is not here but I recall I was Government Whip when Enda Kenny apologised to those in the Magdalen laundries and I saw what that apology meant to a huge number of survivors. I and everybody in the Chamber was very moved by the survivors and their families. Only in the years prior to the apology had survivors opened up to their own families. There is a huge pride among many who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I listened to the representatives of the survivors of the Magdalen laundries and the Government at the time. Are there many family members of survivors who have passed who carry that mantle, represent their loved ones and fight on their behalf?