604. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that it is appropriate in the case of the rejection of an application for funds from Caranua that the only recourse for a person who may have suffered horrendous abuse in a residential institution is to an appeals officer, whose decisions are entirely opaque since the appeals officer is not subject to oversight by the Ombudsman, or the expensive and adversarial route of a High Court appeal, a route described by her predecessor as long and often traumatic; and if this will form part of her promised review. [15703/15]

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604. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that it is appropriate in the case of the rejection of an application for funds from Caranua that the only recourse for a person who may have suffered horrendous abuse in a residential institution is to an appeals officer, whose decisions are entirely opaque since the appeals officer is not subject to oversight by the Ombudsman, or the expensive and adversarial route of a High Court appeal, a route described by her predecessor as long and often traumatic; and if this will form part of her promised review. [15703/15]

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1. 21 April 2015

   Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility

   604. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that it is appropriate in the case of the rejection of an application for funds from Caranua that the only recourse for a person who may have suffered horrendous abuse in a residential institution is to an appeals officer, whose decisions are entirely opaque since the appeals officer is not subject to oversight by the Ombudsman, or the expensive and adversarial route of a High Court appeal, a route described by her predecessor as long and often traumatic; and if this will form part of her promised review. [15703/15]

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