Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
1052. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the financial contributions given to date by religious institutions to redress schemes, by scheme and institution, in tabular form. [48235/23]
View answerMy Department is currently in the process of establishing the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme following the enactment of the necessary legislation in July of this year. As you know, I commenced discussions with regard to a contribution from the religious orders towards the cost of the Payment Scheme and I recently secured government approval to engage a negotiator to conclude these discussions.
While these discussions are ongoing they are being treated as confidential. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate to say anything further at this time but I will brief Government on the matter when the process is concluded. I expect this process to take a number more months.
No financial contributions were made by religious congregations to the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme.
Questions as to the contributions made by religious congregations to the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme should be directed to the Minister for Education as I am not in a position to provide that information.
