Department denies budget cuts hit compensation awards
The department reduced this year’s budget to the Residential Institutions Redress Board by €2 million in last month’s emergency budget, but insisted this was because the level of awards made had been reduced rather than because any attempt was being made to influence the size of awards.
Abuse survivor and survivors’ rights campaigner Bernadette Fahy dismissed official apologies over the abuse scandal. She said the attitude of the Government and the minister for education towards victims was evident in the way the funding decision was made.
