Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 February 2022
355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive their compensation claim under the mother and baby home redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7156/22]
View answerOn 16th November 2021, I received Government approval to bring forward legislation on the basis of the agreed proposals for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. I fully appreciate the sense of urgency regarding the Scheme and my officials are working on drafting the legislation necessary to establish it as a matter of priority.
The next step will be to bring the General Scheme of a Bill for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to Government for formal approval. I have outlined my intention to seek priority drafting of the Bill to ensure that it can be introduced to the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as possible thereafter, subject also to any pre-legislative scrutiny process which may take place. Once the legislation has been passed by the Oireachtas and the administrative infrastructure required to deliver the Scheme has been established, the Scheme will open for applications. I hope that this will be possible by the end of 2022. It is not possible in advance of the Scheme opening and applications being processed, to determine if an individual will be eligible for the Scheme.
