Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a supplementary question about that. Why was no consideration given to people who could prove they were there for one day to six months without giving a testimony? How does the need to give testimonies relate to survivors being there for less than six months? The proof is available. We know about vaccine trials, children who were boarded out and separated from their mothers and all the things that happened to children while they were in the institutions. Why is the Minister saying there is a need for survivors who spent less than six months in an institution to give testimony? I do not understand that.

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