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 Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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On the €3,000 payment, Bills take quite some time to work their way through. The Minister mentioned the embassy and said there has been a lot of engagement. Was this figure landed on some time ago, prior to the cost-of-living crisis? Whatever cost-of-living crisis we have had, the UK has also had one. Has everything that took place over the past 18 months been factored in or is the €3,000 the final landing point?