Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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On the issue of educational supports for survivors provided for in the Bill, the impact of institutional abuse is much more profound than just the impact on a single individual. We are talking about somebody who may have gone on to become a parent, and who had very poor literacy and numeracy skills, being in the position where he or did not have the skills to support his or her own children going through the education system. People's lack of education or training when they were in one of these institutions then had an impact on their children. It also had an impact on the relationship they had with schools and educational providers because of that poor experience. Does the Minister believe the Bill goes far enough in breaking that intergenerational legacy of abuse? If a survivor draws down on any form of grant or payment for his or her education, will it have an impact on his or her children's entitlement to educational supports?