Part 2: The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse Section 28: Functions relating to the Board, etc.
This section provides that the Commissioner must make arrangements for publicising the role of, and must monitor the operation of the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board ("the Redress Board").
	Where a person is considering whether to make an application to the Redress Board for compensation, the Commissioner must provide the person with general advice and information on making the application and, if the person wishes to obtain information relating to any period spent as a resident in an institution while under the age of 18, such assistance in obtaining that information as it is reasonable for the Commissioner to provide.
	The Commissioner must also monitor the operation of the Redress Board.
	The Commissioner may establish or facilitate establishing a panel of solicitors who have the necessary expertise to provide legal advice and assistance to persons making an application for compensation to the Redress Board.