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

Mr. Patrick Rodgers:

That is something we are really conscious of. We are looking to service-map local areas in order to go beyond the bounds of the wider Irish community and to contact mental health services, GPs and probation services so they are aware this scheme exists. We can leave leaflets and information so people can make an informed decision about what they want to do going forward, whether it is coming to, normally, an Irish organisation to make an application or, if they do not want to do that, there is advice out there and maybe they can make the application themselves. That is something we need to look at and may be something embassies and consulates can look at in terms of getting information out to local charities and statutory sectoral organisations, as well as us. That goes across the world.