Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

The Minister says it should be confined to former residents to meet their needs. Who defines their needs? It is the survivors themselves who are best placed to do so. In many instances, they have used the fund to break the transgenerational problems facing them and their families by, for example, availing of educational and other opportunities for their children. These are people who were left on the margins of society and not listened to when they were in institutions. We have an opportunity to listen to them now and we must avail of it.

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