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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme - Background and Legislation
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The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme provides financial payments and an enhanced medical card or health support payment to defined groups in acknowledgement of circumstances experienced while resident in Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions.
The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act was signed into law on 11 July 2023 and regulations to allow the Scheme to operate were signed on March 2024.
Some further information, including the Act, and the Payment Scheme Ministerial Guidelines, is available at the links below.
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 Plain English Version
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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill Regulatory Impact Analysis
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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill Data Protection Impact Assessment
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In designing the Payment Scheme, Government agreed proposals informed by a variety of inputs and sources including an Interdepartmental Group consultation with survivors and former residents and the IHREC . A General Scheme was then published. Further information is available in the documents linked below.
General Scheme of a Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill
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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Government Proposals
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