News & Events

Caranua invited tenders to evaluate the impact of Caranua in providing funding supports to Survivors of institutional abuse.

Dec 22, 2020

review of all previous applications and post-cessation applications

Dec 22, 2020

6,121 people had been confirmed eligible to apply to Caranua and €92.5 million in funding supports have been allocated to date.

Dec 22, 2020

Caranua Annual Report 2019 2020

Caranua invited to appear before the Committee of Public Accounts. The Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Services, Director of Finance and Corporate Governance and Head of Communications and Engagement attended along with officials from the Residential Institutions Support Unit at the Department of Education and Skills.

Dec 22, 2020

Prison Outreach: At the commencement of this project, Caranua identified 51 open applications from survivors who were in prison. In 2019 Caranua visited 26 survivors in prison and seven survivors in prison in 2020, the prisons included are Portlaoise Prison, Midlands...

On Friday 2nd August the Minister for Education and Skills published a research report that looks at how to plan for and develop future survivor led consultation talks.

Dec 22, 2020

Caranua CEO Rachel Downes met with the facilitators to discuss Amongst the issues highlighted in the report are the increased health needs of an aging population, concerns about adequate and suitable housing, social supports to counteract social isolation and the need...