Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of claims made to the redress board for compensation in respect of abuse which was suffered in residential centres; the number of children placed in these centres by a court following application to it under the Children Act 1908 in respect of these numbers; the number who were placed there voluntarily; the number of the applications made by the State and the numbers made by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in respect of those placed in these centres by order of the court under the 1908 Act. [35966/06]

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 victims of child abuse in residential institutions in order to assist them in their recovery and enhance the quality of the remainder of their lives. The Board received 14,541 applications by the 15th of December, 2005, the closing date for receipt of applications.

The Residential Institutions Redress Board is independent in the performance of its functions and the application process is confidential in accordance with the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002. My Department therefore does not have access to the information on those applications as requested by the Deputy.