Mary Lou McDonald
Question:80. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a financial statement for Caranua for the year 2015 including a breakdown of the moneys spent in 2015. [4535/16]
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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. Caranua provides regular updates on its website (www.caranua.ie) in regard to the number of applications received, the amounts expended by it and related matters. The most recent update, which provides figures to 30 November 2015, may be accessed on that website. I understand from enquiries made by my officials that in the year ended 31 December 2015 Caranua had, subject to confirmation on audit, expended some €32.36 million in support of former residents.
Full details regarding Caranua's expenditure will be set out in the organisation's accounts which are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. In accordance with the relevant legislative provisions, the audited annual accounts will be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas in the normal manner.