Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

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

Ms Aoife Conduit:

Yes, and we have been doing that. We have reached out through the embassies. They do a lot of supports with the groups in the UK, in particular. When we were bringing the proposals to Government, we disseminated information through the embassies and various organisations in the UK. On the Cathaoirleach’s point about making it as accessible as possible, we did an exercise talking to the National Adult Literacy Agency to make sure we were not too legalistic and it was clearly understood by people what they would be entitled to. We will continue with that approach.