Consultants wanted €2,200 a day to compile ‘Grace’ report

Consultants working on one of the two Grace foster abuse scandal reports wanted €2,200 a day to do their work, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Documents supplied by the HSE to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) show the controversial 2015 Resilience Ireland report ultimately cost €1,550 a day, following negotiations.

According to the documents, seen by the Irish Examiner, the details of the fee arrangement for a report into the scandal at the foster home are set out.