Advice

Here we will attempt to compile a number of pieces of advice to help you. You can follow one of the links on our links page. Or you can ring one of the outreach workers (UK), whom you will find on our contact page.

The Redress Board, enables survivors of abuse in certain Irish institutions which are included in the Schedule to the Act to claim compensation without going through the Courts and without having to prove fault. The compensation is assessed using a point scoring system which explained in detail elsewhere on this site. It opened for business on 16th December 2002. The headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Hearings may be held in this country. 

The Steering Committee have had a meeting with the board, and as a result we have published useful points of guidance for lawyers, or indeed applicants in person to follow. Click here

Postal address:	The Residential Institutions Redress Board Belfield Office Park Beech Hill Road Clonskeagh Dublin 4 Ireland
Email address:	info@rirb.ie
Telephone:	1 800 200 086 (Freephone) 01 268 0029
Website:	www.rirb.ie

The Irish Commission is a forum for survivors to explain what happened to them by submitting their statement and giving evidence. It is an independent Tribunal with its own rules. The deadline for submitting requests to give statements has passed. It continues to hear evidence from survivors who have already registered their interest. A report on the findings of the Commission will be published in several years time when it has heard all its evidence. It is based in Dublin Ireland. The Commission will not accept any new evidence.

Useful Guides, Summaries, Documents

1. Questions & Answers prepared by Sally Mulready, leader of the Federation of Irish Societies. You can contact her on matters of policy by email smulread@hackney.gov.uk 
   
   
2. Child Abuse Guide. This gives advice for survivors about putting in claims for compensation to the Redress Board and has been prepared by ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers). This is available in various different formats. Go to the Useful Documents page.
   
   
3. Useful Documents - here you will find links to various documents containing  useful information such as the Redress Act 2002
   
   
4. Lawyer's Tips - these arise from a meeting the steering committee had with the Redress Board on 3rd April 2003.
   
   
5. Records - to obtain proof of residence at the appropriate institution write to
   
   Residential Institutions’ Redress Unit, Department of Education & Science, Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland, and ask for a database report suitable for the purposes of RIRB. You should receive a response by return of post.
   Apparently there is a delay caused by the department being unable to deal with the number of applcation that have been made. Accordingly
   
   Barnardo's have set up resources in order to assist in tracing records of thoses eligible for Redress under the Act. The system is called "Origins" Full details can be found here - http://www.barnardos.ie/origins-service.htm There are branches in Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Wexford.
   
6. Institutions/Homes included - the defiinitive list is contained within the Schedule to the Act which can be viewed online on the Irish Statutes site - this is the link to the schedule - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/act/pub/0013/sched.html#sched
7. New Homes Added - in November 2004 the following new homes were added to the list of institutionis compensatable under the Act -

• Bartres Childrens’ Home, Kill O’the Grange, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
  
• Chester Lodge, Moate, Co. Westmeath.
  
• Finglas Child & Adolescent Centre, Dublin 11 comprising of:
  (i) National Remand & Assessment Unit (formerly St. Michael’s Remand & Assessment Centre), and
  (ii) The Care & Education Unit (formerly St. Laurence’s Industrial School)
  
• Holy Family School, Renmore, Co. Galway.
  
• Kilcornan Centre, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway.
  
• Marlborough House, Washerwoman’s Hill, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.
  
• Oberstown Boys’ Centre, Lusk, Co. Dublin.
  
• Oberstown Girls’ Centre, Lusk, Co. Dublin.
  
• St. Columba’s Industrial School, Killybegs, Co. Donegal.
  
• St. Patrick’s Mother and Baby Home, Navan Road, Dublin.
  
• St. Philomena’s, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.
  
• St. Teresa’s, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
  Trinity House, Lusk, Co. Dublin.

7. In July 2005 the following homes were added to the list

• Mary Immaculate School for the Deaf, Beechpark, Co. Dublin
  
• The Boys Home” Grand Canal Street, Dublin 2
  
• Racefield”, Upper Mountown Road, Dun Laoghaire.
  

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