Legal briefing for PAC on ‘Grace’ abuse scandal

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is to meet in private today to receive a confidential legal briefing on the ‘Grace’ foster abuse scandal.

The Oireachtas legal adviser is to brief members of the committee on an internal HSE report into the funding of Grace’s caregiver.

Grace was left in a foster home for almost 20 years despite a succession of sexual abuse allegations, while another 46 children and adults with intellectual disabilities also went through the home.