Caranua Timeline
Residential Institutions Statutory fund Act
This Act was brought in to provide for the establishment of a body to support the needs of former residents to be known as RISFB and to define its functions and to provide for the making of contributions for survivors of institutional abuse. It was also to amend the Residential Redress Act 2002, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse 2005 and related matters.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2012/act/35/enacted/en/pdf
Inaugural meeting of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (RISF)
a: Minister clarifies Caranua cannot initiate contact with survivors
Planning commences throughout 2013: consultations take place with survivors, survivor groups and other services for survivors. Meetings were held in England and Ireland and over 250 survivors were met directly in this way. The meetings provided information on their preferences for how the Fund should operate and their experience of accessing existing services
Caranua moves to Nth Frederick Street office
Caranua opened for applications from survivors of institutional abuse
29th January 2014: The RISF Act was amended to include the statutory right to appeal decisions made by Caranua to an independent appeals officer
David O’Callaghan replaces Sylda Langford as Chairperson of the Board
Chairperson writes to the Department of Education to seek approval for additional staff to address the backlog of applications – freepost for all parts of the world introduced
Outreach commences and by the end of the year events are held in Dublin, Manchester, Cork, Galway, Birmingham and London. Outreach starts in the Deaf village in Cabra and continues every month to July 2020
21,304 payments had been made to 2,678 people. A total of €36.9 million in funding supports have been allocated to date
New guidelines were introduced.
The changes were made to include additional items that survivors were requesting e.g. white goods. A funding limit of €15,000 was introduced for applications made after this date in order to ensure fair and equitable distribution of the fund.