971. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is unjust that victims of institutional abuse, who had previously been eligible for services under the Education Finance Board, are now excluded from Caranua solely because they were not aware they were eligible to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board; that her Department has arbitrarily redefined the meaning of the term "survivor of abuse" as a person who obtained compensation under a relevant scheme; and her plans to end this injustice and ensure equality of treatment for all survivors of abuse in industrial institutions. [21883/15]

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971. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is unjust that victims of institutional abuse, who had previously been eligible for services under the Education Finance Board, are now excluded from Caranua solely because they were not aware they were eligible to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board; that her Department has arbitrarily redefined the meaning of the term "survivor of abuse" as a person who obtained compensation under a relevant scheme; and her plans to end this injustice and ensure equality of treatment for all survivors of abuse in industrial institutions. [21883/15]

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