Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

11:00 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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We have been back and forth with Caranua in particular. Almost a year later, we still have not gotten a letter back from Caranua. While we got the response from the Department of Education, we are currently awaiting a response from Caranua. I am sure that the Department is well aware that we have separately provided such permission in the cases that I have raised several times at this committee, that is, the representation on behalf of the number of survivors. Their frustration will have been felt by the State agency and Department alike ever since. I wonder if we could write to both organisations again, in particular to ask the new board of Caranua, which seems to be a little bit more eager than the last, about why it has failed to engage, and also for an update on whether those outstanding cases have been dealt with to the satisfaction of the people involved.