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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 (17 Oct 2023)

Ms Carmel McDonnell Byrne: I might come in there. As part of the Bill, it is important we are inclusive of all survivors of abuse, whether they be Magdelen ladies or other survivors of institutional abuse such as those in mother and baby homes. They were all institutions and they were not pleasant places. Furthermore, we have to be mindful not to exclude people who did not apply for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Mr. Patrick Rodgers: It is something we wrestle with all of the time. The Coventry Irish Society and the London Irish Centre manage to reach people. My experience is that there are people who are relatively confident at the moment, and who will make applications and come to us. We are looking at people who may have suffered severe trauma. They may have withdrawn from wider Irish society...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Mr. Patrick Rodgers: Fréa is a partnership between three leading Irish charities in the north of England. The Fréa mother and baby and county home institution programme aims to promote and facilitate access so as to ensure that former residents are aware of and can access the various strands of the Irish Government’s action plan. This includes the payment scheme and access...