Mother fights for Grace inquiry to extend to child

The mother of a second girl repeatedly raped in the foster home at the centre of the Grace case has said her daughter must be included in the Commission of Inquiry into the scandal announced yesterday.

The girl — removed from the home at the age of 12, and having suffered severe health problems as a result of her injuries — is to be excluded from the terms of reference announced by minister of state for disability Finian McGrath.

Opposition TDs hit out at Mr McGrath in the Dáil during the debate last night and described as a “betrayal” the fact the other 46 intellectually disabled people who went through the home are not included in the inquiry’s body of work, as approved by Cabinet yesterday.