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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a participant of Turas Nua opting out of the scheme if he or she has been offered a full-time or part-time job by a public limited company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18547/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a sensory processing disorder is not recognised as an assessed disability or medical condition that qualifies for access to SNA support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation application from a school (details supplied); when decisions on applications for the summer works scheme will be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 258. To ask the Minister for Health if there are malfunctions with the autoclave machine in a hospital (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if so, when repairs or sourcing of a replacement machine will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18963/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I want to ask a few questions about the day-to-day running of the redress scheme. Funeral expenses were recently introduced. Is it true that expenses are paid in advance to an undertaker? This to me sounds like a very bizarre-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Sorry. I was not here at the beginning. Sorry about that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: They are for Caranua witnesses. Will they be here in the afternoon?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Okay. Sorry about that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Okay. Sorry about that. I will just ask a few questions on the terms of reference of the review of eligibility. The terms of reference are being drafted at the moment and looked at again. Under the terms of the review, would there be the potential to make a one-off payment to remaining survivors? Is that a possibility under this review? Would the Department look at this? I have a list...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Were there any one-off payments ever made to any individual?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Okay. What about potential lump sum payments being made to remaining survivors twice per year, such as at Christmas and summer time? Could that be looked at under the review? Is the witness saying that there are no lump sum cash payments at all?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: So no one ever got a cash payment. It was all only for services. I ask the witness to explain "services". What kind of services were they getting? What is the difference between an individual getting a lump sum and getting services paid for?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Some people might be living in their own houses. How are they given services? Are there no cash payments made to anyone as compensation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I did not understand that. I understood that the Department was compensating them with hard cash. There is reference to an average of €60,000 so I thought it was that amount in cash.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I mixed up the two of them.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I am sorry. I am putting the wrong questions to the wrong people.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I have a question on the legal fees, which were mentioned already by Deputy Catherine Murphy. They appear to be extraordinary. We are not talking about court cases here, but redress. I see that €193 million was paid to 991 legal firms. This represents 15% of total costs. That appears to be large and excessive, particularly for redress rather than fighting cases in court. It is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: In hindsight, does the witness believe that initiatives could have been taken to reduce the legal fees, before this started?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Is there an estimate for the cost of the remaining legal fees? It is €193 million already. What is the estimate for the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Bobby Aylward: What percentage of cases is left? How many have been dealt with and how many are left?