Foster care inquiry terms to be approved

Terms of reference for a commission of investigation into alleged sexual abuse of an intellectually disabled girl in a foster home are to be approved by Cabinet this week.

Super Junior Minister for Disabilities Finian McGrath is to bring a memorandum to Cabinet on Wednesday to give effect to a decision by the previous government to hold the commission of inquiry into the case of ‘Grace’, after reports in the Irish Examiner.

Grace was allowed to remain in a Waterford foster home for 14 years after the then health board stopped referring people to it, after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced.