IRELAND
RTE News
15 December 2005 17:22
Today is the deadline for receipt of compensation claims from survivors of institutional abuse to the Residential Institutions Redress Board.
To date, the board has made around 4,500 awards - people based in 22 countries throughout the world have made claims.
The scheme, which was established by the Government three years ago, has been receiving more than 600 applications a month, bringing its total to date to approximately 10,000.