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

Josepha Madigan: Sure.

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

Josepha Madigan: Who provided the service?

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

Josepha Madigan: It is a Catholic organisation. One can see-----

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

Josepha Madigan: One can see the irony of that. That is the very point I was trying to make, though I did not know what the answer would be. I think it would have been better in terms of reassuring the claimants had they received counselling from an external group. Would the witness accept that?

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

Josepha Madigan: I was just told it was a Catholic-run organisation called Towards Healing.

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

Josepha Madigan: That has provided counselling to claimants who have suffered abuse in Catholic organisations.

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

Josepha Madigan: No, but does the witness not see the difficulty there?

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

Josepha Madigan: For future reference, I think it would be advisable to employ an external group.

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

Josepha Madigan: I just wish to point it out.

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

Josepha Madigan: I understand that, but I think it is unfortunate. That just makes the situation worse for people when they are trying to extricate themselves from a situation after being through so much. I wish to ask about the Sisters of Mercy health and education properties. Did they offer any schools and hospitals specifically?

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

Josepha Madigan: What lands have they offered?

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

Josepha Madigan: What is the value of that?

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

Josepha Madigan: That is not the Smiley's Homes, is it? Is that a different matter?

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

Josepha Madigan: Is that being transferred?

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

Josepha Madigan: Does the witness know the approximate total value of all of those?

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

Josepha Madigan: That is quite significant. Will that be done over the next few months?

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

Josepha Madigan: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: May we have a copy?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: In terms of referencing, it is going to be hard.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Ms Higgins and her team for coming. The reason it would have been helpful to have had her opening statement is that it is difficult for me to refer to a particular paragraph if the paragraph numbers have been changed.