Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 1070: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason nothing was done regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and the position regarding survivors of institutional abuse and compensation options. [24777/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Residential Institutions Redress Board is an independent body set up under statute in 2002 to provide a mechanism for persons who were victims of child abuse while in residential institutional care to obtain financial compensation for the injuries they have suffered. The scheme applies to institutions for children which are specified in the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. Section 4 of the Act provides that the Minister may make an order providing for the insertion of additional institutions in the Schedule to the Act. In November 2004, I signed an order which provided for the inclusion of 13 additional institutions in the Schedule and a further three institutions were added by order made in July 2005. The closing date for submitting applications to the redress board is 15 December 2005.

I understand the case referred to relates to alleged child abuse in an institution which is listed on the Schedule and that the person in question has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court. While it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual cases that may be under consideration by the redress board or pending in the courts, I suggest that the person should consult his legal representatives to discuss the options that may be open to him in the matter.