Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
1363. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people who made applications for funds from Caranua for educational courses and were refused on the basis the cost was over €5,000; the cost of the courses applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33891/14]
View answer1366. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have received advocacy assistance from Caranua since it was established; and what that entailed for each of those persons. [33896/14]
View answer1369. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have made applications to Caranua to date; the number of persons who have been refused payments; the number who have received payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33904/14]
View answer1431. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the financial amount paid out to survivors by Caranua; and the financial amount paid out on wages. [34655/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1363, 1366, 1369 and 1431 together.
Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. Caranua provides regular updates on its website (www.caranua.ie) in regard to the number of applications received and related matters. I understand that by end August, Caranua had received 3,188 applications of which 3,059 applicants were deemed to be eligible, 75 applications were still being processed and 54 applicants were found not to be eligible to apply; 2,431 applicants have had their identification documents verified and application advisors had been in touch with 1,203 applicants. By that time Caranua had made payments worth €1,775,541 to 335 applicants.
I have arranged to have the Deputies' questions forwarded to Caranua with a view to having any additional available information provided to them directly as soon as possible.
