€500,000 budget for memorial to honour victims of institutional child abuse
Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe yesterday announced the membership and terms of reference of a committee set up to oversee the memorial. The group will take the views of survivors on where the nature of its design.
The report published in May of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, chaired by Mr Justice Sean Ryan, recommended the memorial be put in place as a permanent recognition of the suffering that took place in state-run institutions.
