Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022
345. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 15 February 2022, the members of the survivor-led consultative forum; the person that chairs this forum; when it was established; the terms of reference; the regularity with which it meets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12913/22]
View answerThe second phase of a consultation process with survivors commenced in 2020. The survivor-led consultative forum has met on a regular basis and is comprised of survivors resident in Ireland and the UK. It is facilitated by experienced professionally qualified facilitators.
It serves as a forum to identify specific barriers and difficulties encountered by survivors in accessing mainstream services and how they may be overcome. Reports produced by the consultative forum are currently being considered by my Department with input from colleagues from other Departments and will feed into my consideration of proposals to Government in this context.
