Written answers
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Residential Institutions
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all monies paid by each religious order under the residential institutions redress scheme and all monies still outstanding in each case in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52041/22]
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all monies paid by each religious order under the Ryan Report and all monies still outstanding in each case in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52042/22]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 486 together.
The 18 religious congregations involved in the management of most of the residential institutions in which child abuse took place have made contributions towards the costs incurred by the State in responding to that abuse under two rounds: the legally binding 2002 Indemnity Agreement and the voluntary offers made in 2009 in the aftermath of the publication of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (the “Ryan Report”). The amounts offered by congregations total €480.6 million.
Some €125 million of the €128 million provided for under the 2002 Indemnity Agreement has been contributed, with the transfer of two properties remaining to be fully completed. The cash and counselling contributions received under the Agreement, amounting to some €65 million, were made on a collective basis and accordingly it is not possible to identify the amounts paid by individual congregations.
The voluntary offers made in the aftermath of the publication of the Ryan Report in 2009 included cash, properties and contributions in kind, and were valued by the congregations at €352.6 million. To date, contributions amounting to approximately €120 million have been received. When account is taken of offers not accepted, changes in the valuation of the properties offered and the value of properties offered but not being reckoned as a contribution, the total value of the voluntary offers achievable may be lower than the amount offered.
Cash contributions of approximately €111.53m have been received from the congregations and are set out in the table below.
2009 Voluntary Offers Cash Contributions Received
| Congregation | Cash Contributions Received (€) |
|---|---|
| Brothers of Charity | 1,500,000 |
| Christian Brothers | 30,000,000 |
| Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul | 10,000,000 |
| Daughters of the Heart of Mary | 1,500,000 |
| De La Salle Brothers | 1,000,000 |
| Dominican Order | 6,500,000 |
| Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 20,000,000 |
| Hospitaller Order of St John of God | 1,000,000 |
| Presentation Brothers | 4,600,000 |
| Presentation Sisters | 4,000,000 |
| Sisters of Charity | 2,000,000 |
| Sisters of Our Lady of Charity | 1,500,000 |
| Sisters of St Clare | 1,000,000 |
| Sisters of St. Louis | 1,000,000 |
| Sisters of Mercy | 25,928,659 |
| TOTAL | 111,528,659 |
One further cash contribution is outstanding under the 2009 offers and will arise from the disposal of a property by the Sisters of Mercy.
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