Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is interesting for us to hear, especially when we are considering this Bill, that it could be of great benefit to have a few sentences that make it clear that people did not do anything wrong. An emphasis on that is something we can definitely take back. Obviously, many people struggled during Covid-19, being isolated in their homes, but with that greater difficulty for survivors, does Ms McDonnell Byrne believe there was a need to put in more supports post-Covid-19? Are any additional supports needed in relation to that?

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