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Chapter 3 provides information on the demographic profile of the 791 witnesses whose evidence was included in the abuse reports in relation to Industrial and Reformatory Schools (Schools). Evidence provided by the 259 witnesses who reported abuse in ‘Other Institutions’ is covered in Chapters 12–18 of this Report. Thirty six (36) of the witnesses reported abuse in both Schools and ‘Other Institutions’. Their evidence is recorded as it relates to either the Schools or the designated ‘Other’ Institutions.


Footnotes
  1. Sections 4(6), 15(1) and 16 as amended.
  2. See Appendix 2.
  3. The term applicant refers to all individuals who applied to be heard by the Confidential Committee, not all of whom proceeded to become witnesses and give evidence.
  4. Sections 4(6), 5(4), 11(2), 15(1), 16(2), 27, 32, 33, and 34 as amended.
  5. Section 27(6).
  6. Section 16(2).
  7. Section 27(1).
  8. Sections 27(2), 27(3).
  9. Section 27(2).
  10. Section 27(3).
  11. See Appendix 3, which includes a copy of the CICA Information Leaflet and the Application Form.
  12. See Appendix 4, 4A and 4B,which includes a revised edition of the Information Pack, sample appointment letter and a photograph of the Hearing Room.
  13. Section 19 as amended by section 14 of the 2005 Act.
  14. Section 19 as amended by section 14 of the 2005 Act.
  15. These figures do not include all dual applicants.
  16. Section 1(1).
  17. Section 7.
  18. Section 4(1)(b), as amended by section 4 of the 2005 Act.
  19. Section 27(1).
  20. Statement delivered at the First Public Sitting, 29th June 2000, 3rd Interim Report page 240.
  21. Section 4(6)(a) and (b) as amended by section 4 of the 2005 Act. See also paragraph 2.43 below.
  22. This is based on Census 2002, Volume 6 Occupations, Appendix 2, Definitions – Labour Force. In two-parent households the father’s occupation was recorded and in other instances the occupational status of the sole parent was recorded, in so far as it was known.
  23. For example: as witness evidence is presented according to the decade of discharge, a witness who spent 12 years in a school and was discharged in 1962 will have been included in the 1960s cohort although the majority of that witness’s experience will relate to the 1950s.
  24. Section 16(2)(a).
  25. Formerly the Department of Education.
  26. Section 4(6).