Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Education and Science

Victims of Child Abuse

9:00 pm

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 1024: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the continued funding of the organisations (details supplied) regarding the services they provide to victims of child abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48548/09]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made funding available for outreach services to victims of residential abuse based in the United Kingdom; if funding will continue for these services in 2010 and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1011/10]

Photo of Batt O'KeeffeBatt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1024 and 1039 together.

My Department has provided funding for the past number of years to the Federation of Irish Societies and to the Outreach Centres in the UK for survivors of residential abuse. The current position is that my Department has sought proposals for 2010 from the Outreach Centres in the UK and from Irish based support groups. Once all such proposals have been received and considered, my Department will be deciding on funding for this year having regard to the overall budgetary allocation.

The question of funding of groups representing survivors into the future will be considered later this year.

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