Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 397: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Brothers of Charity school in Woodlands, Galway, is not included on the lists of schools included in the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/04]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Section 4 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 allows the Minister for Education and Science to include additional institutions in the schedule attached to that Act subject to a public body having had a regulatory or inspection function. Additional institutions can include industrial schools, reformatory schools, orphanages, children's homes and other such residential facilities for children.

My Department, in consultation with the Department of Education and Science, has been reviewing institutions to ascertain whether they can be included in the Schedule to the Act. Within the last week, information has been brought to the Department's attention which may allow for the inclusion of the Holy Family School, Renmore, previously Woodlands Hospital, in the Schedule. This information is being examined and a decision will be taken very quickly.