Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent financial limit imposed by Caranua on claims; his views on the application of this cap retroactively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36652/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Caranua - the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund - is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. Section 9 of the 2012 Act gives the Board of Caranua the power to determine the criteria by reference to which decisions may be made in respect of applications - this includes the power to apply limits to the moneys that may be made available for an arrangement for the provision of support to a former resident or to pay a grant to a former resident. I understand that in June 2016 Caranua revised its criteria and introduced limits to the moneys that might be made available to individual applicants in order to ensure that funding will be available to those who have yet to apply. I have no role in relation to the determination of criteria by Caranua.