Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Select Committee on Education and Skills

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage

5:30 pm

Photo of Mairéad FarrellMairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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Every week or every day, I, as we all do, advocate for different people but the HMD is what says the person has a medical need and, as a result, it is weighted differently. I might be representing another person who has another issue and trying to put the pressure on but it is only when I have filled out that form that it adds a weight. That is why I feel it is important.