IRELAND
Irish Independent
Niall O’Connor
March 20 2017
Education Minister Richard Bruton has said there are “no plans” to reopen the State’s redress scheme for institutional abuse despite the latest revelations surrounding the Tuam baby scandal.
The scheme, which has to date cost almost €1.5bn, closed to new applicants in September 2011.
It emerged last week that religious orders who ran residential institutions where children were subject to abuse have paid just 13pc of the costs.
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), published by Mr Bruton, confirmed that the State had received just €85m of the €226m that was due from the Church.
A spokesperson for Mr Bruton confirmed that the scheme would not be reopened for new entrants.
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