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 Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise. I will come in for a moment as I have another committee sitting at the same time as this one. I saw the statements, but did not have an opportunity to listen to the opening. One of my main concerns is the 40% of survivors who do not live in Ireland. Approximately 33% of those are in the UK. There are obviously also some in Canada, the US and Australia. How can those survivors be reached and how can we support them? That may have been asked already. I also have a question about the lack of a dedicated agency to support survivors.

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