HSE withholds funding for abuse survivors’ charity

NO further funding will be given to a group representing survivors of institutional abuse until its membership proves they can manage public money appropriately, the Health Service Executive has warned.

The organisation Right of Place/Second Chance, based in Cork, receives large grants annually from the HSE. Last year, it was allocated €337,500, and since 2002 it has collected more than €2.2 million.

In August, members raised concerns with the HSE about how funds were being managed. It was not until October, however, that the HSE urgently sought specific details from the organisation’s founder Noel Barry.