Niall Collins
Ceist:259. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the RISF Act (details supplied). [25967/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 17 June 2014
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Freagraí scríofa
Eligibility under the Residential institutions Statutory Fund Act is currently confined to those former residents who received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board or equivalent Court awards or settlements. During the passage of this legislation through the Houses of Oireachtas, I gave an undertaking to review the operation of the Fund two years after its establishment in the event of applications not resulting in a significant expenditure of the fund. As the Deputy may be aware, the Residential institutions Statutory Fund, which uses the service name Caranua, commenced accepting applications in January 2014 and I understand that to end May 2,762 applications had been received.