We publish regular updates on applications to Caranua and this one provides information to the end of April 2017
We have now:
•Received Part 1 applications from 5,819 people
•Paid out over €59 million.
How many people can apply?
To be eligible to apply to Caranua, a person must have spent time in an institution as a child, and received an award through settlement, Court or the Residential Institutions Redress Board. An estimated 15,000 people received such awards and may be eligible to apply to us. Our Application Form Part 1 allows us to check whether someone can apply. Once we receive the form, we usually do this in ten working days.
To the end of April 2017 we have:
•Received 5,819 Part 1 Applications; and
•Verified the eligibility and identity of 5,181 people
•Made 33,656 payments to 4,504 people
•Completed 2,321 applications
How much money has been spent?
To the end of March 2017 we had spent €59.3 million on services as follows:
•Housing: €42 million
•Health and wellbeing: €16 million
•Education: €1.3 million
•Exceptional needs: €122,000