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

Ms Carmel McDonnell Byrne:

We should actually come under the Department of Justice as well because we were put in place through the judicial system. We get funding of €227,000 and our staff costs are €106,000. Our rent was €62,448 per year but is now €50,730, so we have saved over €11,000. We have had to move from the centre of the city, which was convenient for many, given that people come from the North of Ireland to our centre. We have now moved to Dundrum, which is further away from the city and is more of an effort for people because they have to get an extra Luas to Dundrum. When we look at those figures, it does not leave us much money to run a centre. I really need to retire for health reasons. I cannot go on indefinitely.

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