Gay Mitchell (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to abuse at children's homes in County Dublin. [16768/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Residential Institutions Redress Board was established under statute in 2002 to provide financial redress to persons who, as children, were abused while resident in industrial schools, reformatories or other institutions that were subject to State regulation or inspection. The board is independent of my Department in the performance of its functions and as such it is not open to me nor would it be appropriate for me to intercede on behalf of an applicant to the board.

I would suggest that the person referred to in the Deputy's question should contact the redress board, or request his legal representative to contact the board on his behalf, in order to explore with the board how his application can be progressed.