€6.3m settlement but ‘Grace’ failings require HSE answers

The HSE must now fully account for the “gross negligence” in Grace’s care after the High Court agreed a €6.3 million settlement over its failure to protect her, the whistleblower at the heart of the case has said.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner after the landmark judgement, the whistleblower said while the ruling was “a good day for Grace”, the HSE has yet to provide any “answers or accountability” for who is responsible for the 20-year scandal.

In a settlement yesterday after detailed deliberations, High Court president Peter Kelly sanctioned a HSE offer worth €6.3m in response to what happened to Grace, a woman with severe physical and intellectual disabilities who was abused for two decades at a State-funded foster home.