Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 March 2018
186. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, the nature and number of consultations in 2016 referred to in his reply; and if survivor groups were involved in these consultations. [11957/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, the evidence that there has been an increase in face-to-face meetings with survivors and Caranua staff or applicant advisers. [11959/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 188 together.
As the Deputy is aware, Caranua (the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund) is an independent statutory body and I as Minister have no role in relation to its day to day operations. The organisation publishes regular updates regarding its activities on its website including minutes of its Board meetings. These updates and Board minutes provide the type of information sought by the Deputy. Furthermore, Caranua is required to prepare an annual report of its activities to the Minister for Education and Skills. The most recent annual report covers 2016 and was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and published in July 2017. That report summarises the engagement that the organisation has had with stakeholders in relation to a range of matters including those referred to by the Deputy in her questions. The 2017 annual report will, on its publication, report similarly.
