Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage
2:00 am
Lynn Ruane (Independent)
I am looking for clarification in respect of Government amendment No. 2. At paragraph (c), it states, "The Minister, on being satisfied that no application has been made under subsection (1) for a period of not less than three years, may, by order, appoint a day on which this subsection shall cease to have effect." Is my understanding correct that even through the time for a review will switch to three years, if nobody applies within a certain three-year period and there have been no applications, the educational fund ceases to exist? If someone does not apply for an educational fund within the given time stipulated by the Minister at paragraph (c) of amendment No. 2, and "no application has been made under subsection (1) for a period of not less than three years", the Minister may "by order, appoint a day on which this subsection shall cease to have effect". Is that just that the review will cease to exist or will the fund itself cease to exist?
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