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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Ms Conduit for her opening statement. The first speaker is Deputy Clarke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have a few questions. I was taken by the witnesses we had in yesterday. As a former Minister of State, I know about negotiations going backwards and forwards. What I got from the meeting was the impact these institutions had on the survivors, and not only on the survivors but on the wider families as well. I am not sure whether Deputy Clarke will agree and Deputy O'Callaghan is gone,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thought they were very reasonable. I am not sure whether the officials were watching the proceedings. One of the issues I got from the survivors, which Deputy Clarke spoke about, was the pension provisions being made available to survivors, especially those living in the UK. It is a big issue for them. At yesterday's meeting, it was proposed by Fréa that in the UK and the North a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes, against any of the entitlements they are already receiving in the UK.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Another issue that came across yesterday involves a number of Departments. Does the Department of Education propose to establish a high-level interdepartmental group to ensure all measures in the Bill are enacted in a collaborative way between Departments and the agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: With a group such as we are talking about, I know Ms Conduit cannot answer today but it would be reassuring for everybody if a senior civil servant - an assistant secretary - was leading that from the Department of Education and from other Departments as well. That would reassure survivors that the Department of Education and other Departments are taking this very seriously. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Witnesses were talking yesterday about survivors who did not apply under the redress scheme. There were various reasons for that. Will there be an opportunity for people who did not apply to apply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Will Sage Advocacy have a communications role in reaching out to survivors to ensure they are aware of all the services offered? For people living overseas, will the embassies be used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Will the counselling services that will be available to survivors be open to children of survivors or just specifically survivors? Children are often affected by what the parent has been through. Has a decision been made on that? Can it be considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Yes. An issue came through yesterday. Those organisations have done fantastic work. They were saying yesterday that some of them are run on a financial shoestring. I am not sure which organisation said it had to move from premises to premises.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: It could not afford the rent. It was in the city centre and then moved to Dundrum or someplace way outside the city centre. It gets its income from the HSE or the Department of Health. This is why I am talking about an interdepartmental group. I do not expect the Department of Education, which has a totally different remit, to pay the rent for some of these organisations but they feel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Do the officials have anything to add before we conclude?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the officials for coming in and being of assistance to the committee. We will make recommendations coming from that and we will have those soon.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason public patients holding medical cards are being asked to pay fees for MRI scans referred through the public health system in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45502/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I ask members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting, as they interfere with broadcasting equipment even when on silent mode. Are the minutes of the meeting of 3 October agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Does the committee agree that EU COM (2023) 359, proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending decision (EU) 2017/1324 as regards the continuation of the Union’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, PRIMA, under Horizon Europe, warrants no further scrutiny? Agreed.