Seanad debates
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage
2:00 am
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
I will come back on two things in case they were misconstrued. It is not that one has to be wound down for the other. The supports can only come into play with the legislation. Given that Caranua itself is finished, it and the fund are coming hand in hand. It is not that one has to go with the other. I do not want to mislead in terms of figures, and I want to get absolute clarity on what is left. What has been relayed to me is in and around €50,000, so nowhere near what the Senator suggested. We are talking about a huge amount having gone out over recent years. I do not have the exact figure but it is in and around that amount. Obviously, wherever that goes, it will have to go towards survivors in some shape or form and it is really important that they would have a say in that, but that is what is left. Anybody who has come to Caranua has received that funding, but it has significantly reduced. I will get the exact figure for colleagues when I can.
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