Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025
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Amendment of section 18 of Act of 2023 | ||
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21. Section 18 of the Act of 2023 is amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7): | ||
“(7) A relevant person shall not be eligible for the provision without charge of the health services referred to in subsection (4) to him or her, or entitled to a health support payment, if he or she— | ||
(a) is a relevant participant within the meaning of section 2 of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 , or | ||
(b) a former resident, within the meaning of the Act of 2025, who has received a payment under section 5 (1) of that Act.”, | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): | ||
“(7A) Notwithstanding any other enactment— | ||
(a) the Chief Deciding Officer may process personal data, including special categories of personal data, disclosed to him or her under section 5 (4)(a) of the Act of 2025 where necessary and proportionate for the purposes of enabling him or her to determine whether or not a former resident has received a payment under section 5 (1) of that Act, and | ||
(b) the Chief Deciding Officer may disclose personal data, including special categories of personal data, to the Minister for Education and Youth where necessary and proportionate to enable that Minister to process such data pursuant to, and for the purposes of, section 5 (4)(b) of the Act of 2025.”, | ||
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(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8): | ||
“(9) In this section— | ||
‘Act of 2025’ means the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025; | ||
‘former resident’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2025.”. |