Survivor Representation on Key Engagement Structures

Applications were invited from survivors and affected persons interested in participating in the following engagement structures:

1. National Centre for Research and Remembrance – Steering Group (4 positions)
2. National Centre for Research and Remembrance – National Museum of Ireland Lived Experience Experts Panels (ongoing opportunities)
3. Special Advocate for Survivors Advisory Council (up to 35 positions)

Expressions of interest in these positions were invited from Survivors and Affected Persons of:

• Industrial School Institutions and Reformatory Institutions
• Magdalen Laundries
• Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions
• Boarded out arrangements
• Historic adoption practices and illegal birth registration
• Any of the above who live overseas

Applications closed on the 19 September 2025.

Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in these positions. Successful applicants will be contacted soon.

National Centre team contact information

Email: nationalcentre@dcde.gov.ie

Phone: Ireland: 01 647 3200 / Overseas: +353 1 6473200

Address: Memorialisation and Historic Burials Unit, Department of Children,

Disability and Equality, Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50-58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2.

D02 XWI4, Freepost F5055

National Museum of Ireland team contact information

Email: ncrr@museum.ie

Phone: Ireland: 01 6486426/ Overseas: +353 1 6486426

Text: Ireland: 087 4281737/ Overseas: +353 87 4281737

Special Advocate team contact information

Email: advisorycouncil@specialadvocate.ie

Phone: +353 (0)1 511 7660

Postal Address: Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse, First Floor, Holbrook House, Holles Street, Dublin 2, D02 EY84, Ireland

Website: https://www.specialadvocate.ie/