Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 24:

In page 12, to delete lines 14 to 18.

In committee proceedings, I outlined my intention to bring a Report Stage amendment to section 13(6). The published Bill contains a provision in regard to double recovery and the residential institutions redress scheme, RIRS. The provision specifically relates to the inclusion of one institution, St. Patrick's, Navan Road, Pelletstown, in the scheme as this institution was also included in the scheme of eligible institutions for the residential institutions redress scheme. In practice, section 28 of the residential institutions redress scheme of 2002 prohibits a person who receives an award from the RIRS from disclosing any information in regard to that award. Therefore, in recognition of the potential difficulties for affected applicants, the administrative complications and the risk of causing unintended hurt and upset for those applicants who were unsure whether the provisions might apply to them, Government approval was obtained on 15 November 2022 to amend the Bill by removing section 13(6). This is being done through amendment No. 24. Amendment No. 25 is a consequential amendment to section 14 following on from the removal of section 13(6).

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