Quinn tells congregations to pay more in reparations

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn has told religious congregations they have a moral duty to pay significantly more in reparations for those abused in residential institutions.

Warning that the issue would not go away, he believed the public supported a 50/50 approach and would not regard the matter as closed until that was delivered.

“Lest there be any ambiguity, I am calling on you to significantly increase the cash offers that you have already made,” he told congregation representatives yesterday.