Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010
1038 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans regarding allocating a proportion of the new funds promised by the 18 religious teaching orders indemnified by the Residential Institutions Redress Board towards survivors based in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1010/10]
View answer1041 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed contributions from each religious order under the headings of cash or money, properties and counselling services concerning the audit of assets held by religious orders covered by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/10]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1038 and 1041 together.
The present position is that I have received individual responses from the 18 religious congregations that were party to the 2002 Indemnity Agreement, to the call for them to make further substantial contributions by way of reparation, following publication of the Ryan Report.
I will be bringing details of the congregations' offers of contributions, together with the report of the Panel appointed by the Government to assess the Statements of Resources submitted by the Religious Congregations, to the attention of the Government at the earliest opportunity. The arrangements for the publication of the Panel's Report and the offers of contributions from the religious congregations will be considered by the Government.
The uses to which the contributions will be put will be considered by the Government, in consultation with the representatives of the survivors and the congregations.
