Written answers
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
10:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Residential Institutions Redress Board did not take into account section 1(3) of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 in respect of evidence submitted to it by survivors who worked in the laundry as children, who were sexually abused in the same laundry, and who received no education during their time there. [15834/11]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Section 1(3) of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 provides that an applicant who was resident in a scheduled institution and who was transferred to a laundry where they suffered abuse while so resident, will be deemed, at the time of the abuse, to have been resident in the scheduled institution. This provision was included on the basis that the State was still responsible for the welfare and protection of children who were transferred to a laundry from a state regulated institution. The Redress Board makes awards in accordance with the Act, which are fair and reasonable having regard to the unique circumstances of each applicant. In accordance with the legislation, the Redress Board is independent in the performance of its functions.
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