Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter (details supplied). [38112/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Towards Healing Counselling and Support Service is a Catholic Church Service which provides counselling and related support needs to survivors of abuse by clergy, religious and others working for the Church. As the Deputy will appreciate, my Department has no function in relation to this service.

The State funded National Counselling Service, which operates under the auspices of the Health Service Executive, also provides counselling services to those who have been abused in childhood, with priority given to those abused in residential institutional care. Details of the service are available on its website at www.hse-ncs.ie.