Department of Education ‘trying to frighten off most vulnerable’

Sex abuse victims and opposition TDs have accused the Department of Education of “trying to frighten off some of the most vulnerable” by threatening day school victims with hefty legal bills.

John Allen, from Mayfield in Cork City, said the department “has no moral qualms about spending far more on defence lawyers than they would ever have spent on damages”.

“They have no qualms either around trying to frighten off some of the most vulnerable people, people they failed to protect originally,” said Mr Allen.