Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 December 2025
113. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work her Department has done to engage with survivors of institutional abuse and others who have been forced to undertake child labour and to estimate the cost of expanding the State contributory pension eligibility to those survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62246/25]
View answerIn the context of a recent protest by a group of survivors outside Leinster House, both An Taoiseach and the then-Minister for Education and Youth, Minister McEntee, engaged with the group concerned on a number of occasions in relation to the issues they had raised.
On the basis of engagement at a meeting of 10 November, and in the context of an ongoing mediation process, the group agreed to cease their protest. An independent mediator is engaging with the group and with relevant Government Departments. This work is proceeding as a matter of urgency with a view to a full resolution as soon as possible.
