Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-06-21
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

I move amendment No. 15:
In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:
"Report on extension of eligibility for general payment under Scheme
19. (1) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential to extend eligibility under section 18(1) for a general payment to all relevant persons who were resident in a relevant institution for any period of time, including those who were resident for less than 180 days.
(2) A report under this section shall include a breakdown of the number of persons who applied to the Scheme and were deemed ineligible as a result of the 180 day residency requirement, and the cost to the Exchequer of extending eligibility for the Scheme to include those persons.".

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Sitting date: 2023-06-21