Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Effects of Violence: Discussion with Families of the Disappeared, WAVE Trauma Centre and Peace Factory

11:15 am

Ms Sandra Peake:

Ms Mullen Fox and I will share the questions. I will start by paying tribute to the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, and his equivalent in the North for their support for and commitment to continuing funding for the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains. This crucial process has worked when adequate information has been in place. This relates to our point on ensuring an information-led process, which is what is required.

I will start with the question on what is a trauma education programme. This may also answer Deputy Ferris's question. Such a programme equips us in order to ensure that we are more responsive to the needs of those who have been directly impacted by the Troubles. In terms of training social workers, it has been quite a fascinating-----

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