Dear [Senator], Arising from our engagement on the passage of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024, I am writing to you to outline the nature of my Department's arrangement with Sage Advocacy to provide crucial advocacy supports to survivors of abuse in residential institutions. I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Supports for the excluded 7. (1) Advocacy groups approved by the Minister shall be able to make recommendations to the Minister so that health services and education supports can be allocated to former residents who’ve been excluded from this Bill and previous redress schemes.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Victor Boyhan and Gerard P. Craughwell; Níl, Senators Cathal Byrne and Paul Daly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 19–26 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 18–26 |
| Amendment to amendment put: | Lost | 16–26 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 26–16 |
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