Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Some 40% of those who were affected by that are not eligible because some were less than 180 days in the homes. If they were 179 days, they do not get anything. People might wonder why. I know this is a policy decision in the legislation but the party that I represent tried to change this. There are people who I am familiar with, including a friend of mine who was in a home for less than the six months but it did not alter the fact that he was farmed out from there, literally, to a family where he was physically, mentally and sexually abused in the subsequent years. I think it is unfortunate that these people were not taken into consideration.

On the financing of this scheme, what finance has the religious orders contributed towards this? What is likely to come from them?