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Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 May 2012

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Ceisteanna (131)

Seán Crowe

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130 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have availed of the residential institutions redress scheme; their ages, gender and country of residence; if he will provide an exact figure paid to the survivors of abuse and a breakdown of money paid to the legal profession and advocacy groups. [22538/12]

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At the end of December 2011 the Redress Board had accepted 15,404 applications of which 14,855 had been processed resulting in 13,915 awards. A total of €866.58m was paid out in awards and €166.34m was paid in legal and associated costs. The Board's annual report provides a more detailed breakdown of the legal payments to solicitors in any one year. At end 2011, the Redress Board had a further 1,474 late submissions to be considered.

At the end of 2011, further expenditure associated with the Indemnity Agreement amounted to €9.6 in respect of court awards, settlements and associated costs. I have provided a breakdown of the age profile, gender profile and country of residence.

Up to the end of 2011, a total of approximately €2.79 million in funding was provided by my Department to Irish based groups representing survivors of institutional abuse. In the same period, just over €5.14 million was paid to the Survivor Outreach Services based in the UK. In addition to this, approximately €36,000 was paid in miscellaneous expenditure, primarily to groups who were not in receipt of regular annual funding from my Department but who would have been involved in various meetings with Government in the context of redress related issues.

Note:

All figures provided are up to 31st December 2011

Reports on Age, Gender and Country of Residence are based on the 15,341 cases which had been registered on the Case Management System by the 31st December 2011. 63 cases had not yet been registered due to insufficient information provided.

1. Total Number of Applications Received — 15,404.

2. Breakdown of applications by decade of birth:

Age Group

Number of Apps

Percentage

Prior to 1920

99

0.65%

1920-1929

776

5.06%

1930-1939

2,896

18.88%

1940-1949

4,374

28.51%

1950-1959

4,066

26.50%

1960-1969

2,012

13.12%

1970-1979

911

5.94%

1980-

196

1.28%

No DOB Provided

11

0.07%

Total

15,341

100.00%

5. Breakdown of applications by country of residence

Country of Residence

Total Applications Received

% of Total Received

Ireland

9,227

60.15%

Great Britain

5,093

33.20%

USA

327

2.13%

Australia

321

2.09%

Northern Ireland

137

0.89%

Canada

101

0.66%

Spain

32

0.21%

New Zealand

21

0.14%

Germany

18

0.12%

The Netherlands

15

0.10%

France

9

0.06%

Sweden

6

0.04%

Denmark

5

0.03%

South Africa

4

0.03%

Channel Islands

3

0.02%

Belgium

2

0.01%

Italy

3

0.02%

Portugal

2

0.01%

Austria

1

0.01%

China

1

0.01%

Cyprus

1

0.01%

Finland

1

0.01%

Malta

1

0.01%

Morocco

1

0.01%

Nigeria

1

0.01%

Norway

1

0.01%

Republic of Panama

1

0.01%

Sri Lanka

1

0.01%

Thailand

1

0.01%

The Philippines

1

0.01%

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

1

0.01%

West Indies

1

0.01%

Zimbabwe

1

0.01%

Total

15,341

100.00%

6. Breakdown of applications by gender

Gender

Number

Percentage

Male

9,212

60.05%

Female

6,129

39.95%

Total

15,341

100.00%

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