Finian McGrath to meet AG over ‘Grace’ inquiry
The talks will take place days before a ministerial-imposed deadline on when the HSE must respond to a report into the scandal. The Government last week published the Conor Dignam report into alleged serious sexual and physical abuse of vulnerable children and teenagers at a state-funded foster home in Waterford.
The alleged abuse, which is said to have taken place for more than two decades, involved 47 people with severe intellectual disabilities, including some who were mute. The most prominent individual is a woman who has been given the pseudonym ‘Grace’. Despite the fact abuse concerns emerged in 1992 and all placements were meant to cease in 1995, Grace remained at the home until 2009 due to a series of still unexplained decisions which whistleblowers allege were covered up by managers involved in what happened.
