Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress

9:00 am

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will be dealing with Caranua later on, but I think that should really be expedited because it is such a harrowing experience for these survivors. We know that. If the Department is going to be reviewing the eligibility criteria it needs to be done sooner rather than later.

Can I ask Mr. Ó Foghlú about the contributions from non-Catholic organisations? Have congregations from non-Catholic denominations been pursued to contribute to the redress scheme? I know that there was a very harrowing account by an Eileen Macken on RTE recently. There are 18 congregations that have promised funding - inadequate funding, but funding nonetheless. What is the Department's position on the absence of non-Catholic denominations from contributions?

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