Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made by him to obtain 50% of the cost of compensation paid out to victims of institutional abuse, arising from the provisions for the 2002 redress Act, who were resident in institutions that did not profess a Roman Catholic ethos; the moneys that have so far been paid to the State by such institutions; the history of discussions between civil servants and the representatives of these institutions; and his views that the failure to obtain or even to pursue 50% of compensation, arising from payments under the redress Act to residents of institutions professing a non-Roman Catholic ethos, from these institutions might imperil, as a result of possible court challenges, payments from Roman Catholic bodies and/or institutions, considering the provisions of Article 44.2 and 44.3 of the Constitution. [20277/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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A total of 139 institutions were included in the schedule of specified institutions to the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 to 2005. Religious ethos was not a criterion for inclusion in the Schedule. While the majority of these institutions were managed by the 18 religious congregations who were party to the 2002 Indemnity Agreement, others were managed by other congregations, State bodies, voluntary bodies/management committees or pursuant to Trusts. My Department has written to the management bodies of specified institutions, outside of the eighteen congregations who were party to the 2002 Indemnity Agreement, requesting them to consider making a contribution towards the costs of the response to residential institutional abuse. No contributions have been realised from this process to date. As announced last week, the potential of the management bodies, outside of the 18 congregations, to similarly transfer school infrastructure will be explored.