Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All records concerning the following matters in relation to the preparation of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: 1. the requirement for eligibility for a general payment: that a person be resident as a child in a relevant institution for at least 180 days. 2. the requirement for eligibility for a medical card: that a person who was resident as a mother or a child, or both, in an institution listed in Schedule 1 for at least 180 days 3. Correspondence regarding Schedule 1 (inclusion of institutions) 4. Correspondence regarding "boarding out"/foster care. Internal and external correspondence (inc correspondence between departments)- Minutes of meetings,- Notes or memos in relation to discussions or telephone calls. The time period for this request is 01/11/2021 to 30/09/2022.